▁the ▁waste ▁directly ▁sometimes ▁causing ▁flo oding ▁of ▁the ▁streams ▁and ▁rivers ▁( 2 0 0 6 , 1 1 ). ▁Many ▁local ▁far mers ▁suffered ▁the ▁hard est ▁with ▁the ▁cont am ination ▁of ▁the ▁water . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁ir rig ation ▁systems ▁using ▁the ▁cont amin ated ▁water ▁to ▁ir rig ate ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁soil ▁were ▁then ▁cont amin ated ▁as ▁well . ▁The ▁soil ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁us able , ▁causing ▁the ▁killing ▁off ▁their ▁cro ps ▁that ▁were ▁used ▁for ▁their ▁business ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁for ▁their ▁own ▁families . ▁Children ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁target ed ▁and ▁affected ▁by ▁the ▁poll ution . ▁According ▁to ▁Action ▁A id , ▁many ▁schools ▁have ▁been ▁flo oded ▁with ▁the ▁over ▁flow ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁streams , ▁causing ▁the ▁children ▁to ▁leave ▁school , ▁sometimes ▁perman ently . ▁Ang lo G old ▁Ash anti ▁( AG A ) ▁has ▁put ▁up ▁stand pip es ▁to ▁compens ate ▁for ▁the ▁cont amin ated ▁water ▁supplies , ▁but ▁these ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁useless ▁to ▁the ▁loc als . ▁Stand pip es ▁were ▁installed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁and ▁ 5 0 ' s ▁that ▁have ▁now ▁been ▁cont amin ated ▁with ▁ar sen ic ▁from ▁the ▁mill s . ▁A GA ▁staff ▁claim ▁it ▁is ▁because ▁of ▁them ▁being ▁made ▁of ▁iron , ▁but ▁studies ▁have ▁shown ▁large ▁amounts ▁of ▁ar sen ic ▁in ▁the ▁water . ▁Many ▁stand pip es ▁have ▁been ▁either ▁broken ▁or ▁ob sole