Water Officials Indicted, Commission Fined
State Attorney General announces East Orange Water Commission executives charged with hiding high contaminant levels at agency that provides water supply for South Orange.
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The state Attorney General’s Office announced two officials at the East Orange Water Commission were indicted Tuesday on charges they conspired to hide elevated levels of an industrial solvent in drinking water, according to an NJ.com report.
In February, the Attorney General’s Office said it had obtained indictments against the commission's executive director, Harry Mansmann, 58, of Lawrenceville, and its assistant executive director, William Mowell, 51, of Wyckoff. The two allegedly falsified records showing the levels of tetrachloroethene to indicate the water supply was meeting state safe drinking water standards.
Three weeks after the charges were brought, the state Department of Environmental Protection fined the utility $400,000 after they claimed the commission “manipulated” samples and test results to show the water, which serves South Orange and several other townships, had fewer contaminants than it really did, the report said.
GoodPig
8:16 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
These a-holes don't care about the health of the public, and deserve
tough prosecution! How do THEY know that crap in the water doesn't cause cancer?
James Lawson
8:16 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
It's about time that some of these big wigs started getting busted because they all think they are above the law,and us little people can sit around and pay the price.
TJ Jones
7:11 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
They should be forced to drink the water they say is safe for everyone else to drink for the rest of their lives, all while they are doing time
tom hall
10:06 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
they should be water boarded
Scott Greenstone
12:36 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Everyone keeps talking about how safe the water is to drink. Even the DEP. However there is a real threat of breathing these toxins as we all do when we take hot showers or baths. Why are none of the officials talking about that?
Package Deal
3:20 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
More waisted money, on the East Orange Web-Site the Water Commission is seeking RFP's for legal counsel with special litigation experience in water utilities within Goverenment, that alone should run several hundred thousand dollars, money better spent should be put towards Water Treatment. They should pay the 400K for not doing there job and seek RFP's for Water Treament.