Return to. Yet only two of those top violators have been fined by the state Ecology Department in recent years. In fact, the water program has fined about 150 polluters - many of them for discharging without a permit or for stormwater violations. seattlepi. nwsource. com/local/96006_topviolators18. shtml. The Waterkeeper Alliance is a grass roots organization with individual waterkeeper programs both nationally and internationally. We are dedicated to preserving and protecting your water from polluters. www. waterkeeper. org/ www. waterkeeper. org/. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans, and groundwater caused by human activities, which can be harmful to organisms and plants which live in these water bodies. Although natural phenomena such as volcanoes, algae blooms, storms, and earthquakes also cause. en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Water_pollution en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Water_pollution. The map is far from complete in its coverage, Ma admits, explaining that the next step will be to collect more regional water pollution information, to locate polluters, and to enter them onto the digital map. www. worldwatch. org/node/4622. Does a bear leave its waste in the woods? Of course. So do geese, deer, muskrats, raccoons and other wild animals. And now, such states as Virginia and Maryland have determined that this plays a significant role in water pollution. Then there are nature's own polluters. www. washingtonpost. com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/2. www. washingtonpost. com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/28/AR2006092801994. html. These are the most chronic water polluters along the southern and central coast since 1998 based on the number of times they've been assessed by the state for violating their water-pollution permits. www. penderwatch. org/shame. htm. BEIJING, Feb 28 (Reuters) - China heightened pressure on polluters on Thursday, passing legislation that allows for stiff fines against heads of companies that foul its scarce water resources. sanitationupdates. wordpress. com/2008/03/01/china-cracks. sanitationupdates. wordpress. com/2008/03/01/china-cracks-down-on-water-polluters-with-new-law/. Under new laws bosses could be fined up to half their annual income if their companies are convicted of polluting water News of the legislation, which would also increase maximum fines for the companies, emerged shortly after authorities cut water supplies to as many as 200. www. guardian. co. uk/environment/2008/feb/28/pollution. wa. www. guardian. co. uk/environment/2008/feb/28/pollution. water. A panel of eight legal and water experts is 'trying' governments and companies from 10 Latin American countries on charges of polluting rivers and lakes, and building harmful dams. Their verdicts will have moral force only, but are intended to placate the sense of injustice aroused by each case. www. ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews=32515. Embed URL. bb&ob; border:1px solid #ffffff; &cb;. ws&ob; white-space:pre; &cb;. staticAds&ob; margin-left:15px; &cb; var _psBack = 'Prev'; var _psForward = 'Next'; var _psQueryID = '05EEE11B450355E83C02E2D25CECE3BD'; var _psQuerySource = '121'; var _psSiteID = ''; 1.