1.   Guardado remembers children crying nonstop, many sick from drinking from polluted waterways where everyone bathed.

2.   There is no Canadian equivalent of the US Clean Water Act that has enabled courts to force American cities, including Boston, to scour badly polluted waterways.

3.   Farm-state Democrats blasted the Clinton administration Wednesday for moving forward with a plan to clean up polluted waterways despite strong opposition from agricultural interests.

4.   --It was a Dutch Colony, with Amsterdam-like canals and whitewashed, gabled houses but is now overflowing with polluted waterways, heavy traffic and skyscrapers.

5.   They also say too little emphasis is paid to improving polluted waterways.