Houston fires Inframark, the company behind a botched sewage leak that fed into city's drinking water
Inframark has operated a system of water plants in the suburb for years. Last month, Houston police searched one of those plants, the Kingwood Central Wastewater Plant, where investigators said they found evidence operators had forged samples and other documents to suggest they adequately had treated sewage when they had not.
That sewage was released into Bens Branch, a tributary of Lake Houston, one of the city's largest sources of drinking water. The drinking water is treated at separate plants before it reaches customers, and the city has said the episode did not threaten the drinking water system. The city said it is terminating Inframark's $74 million five-year contract effective March 31, and Public Works will handle operations there instead."Over the past two months, it became apparent that Inframark is in breach of its contract with the City of Houston to run the Greater North East Houston Service Area system, which includes the Kingwood Central Wastewater Treatment Facility," Public Works said in a statement.
"The City has determined that it can best serve Kingwood residents by having Houston Public Works operate its water treatment facilities in Kingwood, just as Houston Public Works safely and efficiently operates water treatment facilities every day throughout the City of Houston." Residents had complained to the city about a stench of sewage coming from the plant in January and February. Such smells were common near the plant at certain times of the year, but the odor became unbearable early this year, neighbors said.
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