CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Protesters stood outside the Department of Environmental Protection in Charleston calling for clean drinking water Tuesday.

They say mountain top removal mining and coal slurry ponds are making water throughout West Virginia unsafe.

They were also calling for the resignation of Randy Huffman, the DEP secretary, and asking for the federal Environmental Protection Agency to step in.

Kathy Cosco, a spokeswoman for the DEP, says they enforce all of the rules and work closely with the EPA.

The group also voiced similar concerns earlier this year. Then they chained themselves to the doors inside the DEP and were arrested.

This time, protesters handed out "coalfield kool-aid" from a stand on the street, outside of the DEP.