The state of Iowa is suing Sioux City for submitting fraudulent wastewater test results, according to Iowa Public Radio.
The city’s wastewater treatment facilities, according to claims made in the lawsuit, only disinfected the water when operators knew samples would be collected by the state’s Department of Natural Resources. This went on for about three years between 2012 and 2015, according to the complaint, and the state is asking the court to award $5,000 for each day the plants violated water quality regulations.“The city potentially endangered human lives and wildlife by violating water-quality rules and perpetrating a fraud to conceal its
News Briefs: State of Iowa Suing Sioux City for Fraudulent Wastewater Samples
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is reversing a decision by the state health commissioner to lay off 14 drinking water treatment plant employees across the state
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