ON AUGUST 24, 1995, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER TO DELTA FOR FAILURE TO MONITOR DRINKING WATER FOR BACTERIA AND NITRATES AND FAILING TO NOTIFY EPA AND THE PUBLIC OF THE VIOLATIONS. BY LETTER DATED AUGUST 26, 1997, EPA NOTIFIED DELTA OF ITS CONTINUED VIOLATIONS OF THE ORDER. SINCE THE ORDER WAS ISSUED, DELTA HAS FAILED TO MONITOR DRINKING WATER FOR BACTERIA FOR 7 QUARTERS AND FAILED TO MONITOR NITRATES IN 1996. THEY ALSO FAILED TO NOTIFY EPA AND THE PUBLIC. EPA REQUESTS AN INJUNCTION REQUIRING DELTA TO DO ALL DRINKING WATER MONITORING, PUBLIC NOTICE AND REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS TO EPA.