News Briefs: Worker Gambles Away $850,000 in Utility Funds

In this week's water and wastewater news, a water utility office manager is accused of embezzling $850,000 for gambling; and a brewery in Oregon plans to construct its own $11.2 million wastewater treatment plant
News Briefs: Worker Gambles Away $850,000 in Utility Funds

A state auditor in New Mexico has accused a rural utility worker of embezzling $850,000 and gambling it away at casinos.

The taxpayer money will be difficult to get back, and the loss of the cash significantly sets back the Otis Mutual Domestic Water Consumers and Sewage...

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