Area homes and business were evacuated after a recent chemical incident at a wastewater treatment facility in Bedford, Virginia.According to a report by WSET News, a chemical delivery was put into the wrong tank at the plant, causing a chlorine gas cloud to form. Now, officials are making sure it won’t happen again.“We are making sure everything at our plant is properly labeled,” Megan Pittman told WSET. “That we have the right procedures, that we have many steps before that chemical is being put in the tank with future deliveries.”Cybersecurity Advisory Warns Hackers Can Infiltrate SCADA Systems
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News Briefs: Chemical Mixing Mishap Causes Chlorine Cloud in Virginia
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a former water manager in California is charged with stealing more than $25 million of water over 23 years after installing an unmetered connection to siphon off a federal canal
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