A former supervisor of a wastewater treatment plant in Sioux City, Iowa, plans to plead guilty to federal charges that accuse him of tampering with water test results, according to his attorney. The false reports showed the plant’s effluent met federal standards for discharge into the Missouri River.
Patrick Schwarte’s attorney filed a notice saying he will plead guilty to a conspiracy to defraud the United States. Schwarte will appear in a U.S. District Court Jan. 23.Although no one else has been charged, Schwarte claims he and the plant superintendent instructed operators to raise chlorine levels on the days E. coli tests
News Briefs: Former WWTP Supervisor to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges for False Reports
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a pump failure in Atlanta, Georgia, leaves untreated waste flowing into a river for days
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