Virginia has added added about 1,400 miles of streams and rivers, and 2,500 acres of lakes, to its list of waters that are "impaired," or polluted.
The numbers are in a report released today by the state Department of Environmental Quality.
The draft report, dubbed the "dirty-waters list," is released every two years.
More than 430 waters have been removed from the list because they now meet water-quality standards, state officials said.
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Va. categorizes more waters as polluted
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Published: August 23, 2010
Published: August 23, 2010
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