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State environmental agencies are investigating the incident, which was caused by a sediment and rainwater discharge at Specialty Granules Inc., officials said.
People who work to protect rivers and waterways have begun using drones to catch polluters in places where wrongdoing is difficult to see or expensive to find.
Brent Walls is part of a riverkeeper network that has used drones to collect evidence of pollution and threaten lawsuits if they aren’t satisfied with how companies respond to allegations.