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FWST: TCU sewage flowed into creek

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FWST: TCU sewage flowed into creek

By Bill Miller
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FORT WORTH -- Since July, at least 6,000 gallons of untreated sewage was discharged from a locker room in the newly renovated Amon G. Carter Stadium at TCU and flowed to a nearby creek that feeds the Trinity River, TCU officials confirmed Thursday.

Repairs were made last week after the problem was discovered and reported to city and state environmental officials, TCU spokeswoman Jenny Sanders said.

A sewer line was mistakenly connected to storm drains during a locker room renovation, Sanders said. The locker room work was done after major renovations were completed last year. ...

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/01/31/4591609/tcu-sewage-flowed-into-creek.html#storylink=cpy​
 
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froginaustin

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Limp Lizard said:
TCU will have to pay any fines, I guess, but I guess the contractor(s) will eventually have to pay for the error.
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I haven't worked in this area for 25 years, so of course not only could my memory be faulty, the rules could have changed.

But.

25 years ago the penalty exposure for this sort of waste dumping was, IIRC as noted above, $10,000 per day, per violation for the unauthorized discharge. I assume that this is only 1 continuing discharge violation, although someone might have pulled a quick one on building inspectors, and that could cause serious penalty exposure, too.

I hope this can be 'splained away, at least as to TCU. Screw the engineers and contractors that are responsible for the construction that caused this poop storm. They can call their carriers and bonding companies.
 

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