1.   Fines for discharging pollutants into water supplies are to be increased.

2.   And, they say that even mills with supposedly closed systems often discharge pollutants into the surrounding watershed.

3.   No relation to Des Fitzgerald, Charles is suing three salmon companies in Maine because they failed to get the required EPA permits to discharge their pollutants.

4.   The government responded by charging the company with violating a prohibition against discharging pollutants into protected waters.

5.   We affect the water cycle by discharging pollutants both directly into aquatic ecosystems and on the land, from where they leach into waterways.