21.   McQuigge said that utility officials disregarded repeated warnings that the water was contaminated for at least five days after lab reports showed dangerous levels of E. coli germs.

22.   Moreover, since there is no toilet, the water is probably contaminated with human waste.

23.   Often that water is contaminated.

24.   PCBs, polychlorinated biphenyls, pose a cancer risk to people who eat fish or drink water contaminated with them, according to the EPA.

25.   Residents in the area where water was contaminated by the leak were customers of the Suffolk County Water Authority.

26.   Refilling is not risky unless you contaminate the water by contaminating the bottle mouth.

27.   The change could lead to tougher rules on everything from soot fouling the air to microbes contaminating water.

28.   The current approach of watershed management would not prevent pathogens like giardia cysts from contaminating city water, the report stated.

29.   The contamination comes from sewage treatment plant runoffs and stormwater outfalls that contaminate the water with bacterial and viral toxins.

30.   The existence of tritium, if confirmed, would indicate that if radioactive waste were buried at the site, it could migrate rapidly and contaminate underground water.