"There are different ways of evaluating how well stormwater practices clean water things like ponds and wetlands and permeable pavement."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Dewaal says, there is evidence some imported shrimp are grown in contaminated ponds.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

The ponds' earthen banks are also home to finger-sized shellfish called crawfish.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

So far,the answer is no. Even though some of Louisiana's quarter-million hectares of rice farms are located within shouting distance of bespoiled marshes, rice ponds rely on fresh water from wells and rainfall - not saltwater that,even without oil, would kill tender plants.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

We must be extra vigilant, The government must play its role as to make the environment safe and remove all environmental factors cancer. (OMITTED) Good sources of drinking water, he says,will stop people from going to streams and ponds, where they get infected with some of these organisms.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16