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News Briefs: Reporters Say Human Error Contributed to Seattle Plant Disaster

In this week's water and wastewater news, an investigative report reveals human error helped cause the West Point Treatment Plant disaster; and the Oregon DEQ fines a small city for three years of data falsification

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News Briefs: Reporters Say Human Error Contributed to Seattle Plant Disaster

A lengthy investigative report by The Seattle Times disclosed that human error was partly to blame for the devastating flood at West Point Treatment Plant in February.

According to reporters Christine Willmsen and Lynda V. Mapes — who scoured more than 7,000 documents and...

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