The department has spent more than $300,000 since 2004 maintaining the site and treating the discharge.

I went to the site, ... This is the Fountains of the something or other. It is really now just a big, big pool of stagnant water, with garbage thrown in.

We've been treating the site as if it were on the list. This is not going to affect our activities at the site. We've been working on it the last two years.

It is light that dismantles each moment, I had thought then. Light proves it one thing or another. Darkness does not judge.

Maybe reading was just a way to make her feel less alone, to keep her company. When you read something you are stopped, the moment is stayed, you can sometimes be there more fully than you can in your real life.

Instead of letting the hose run when you wash your car, fill a bucket. Don't squirt down your sidewalk, sweep it. When you're brushing your teeth, turn off the water. These are all easy things everybody can do to help.