wastewater

Guille says the byproduct could contain chemicals, but it's mostly just water.

Officials have yet to complete work including basic risk analyses on about 80 percent of abandoned mining sites on federal lands.

Nash said they're cleaning the water through a process called thermal heat, though reverse osmosis would also have been an option.

Wardwell Water & Sewer District board members agreed that any further violation will result in plugging the sewer line.

Companies, for their part, say they do and will continue to comply with state rules.