TRENTON, N.J. — Two officials of the East Orange Water Commission were indicted for allegedly conspiring to hide increased levels of an industrial solvent in drinking water that is pumped to over 80,000 residents in parts of New Jersey, according to The Times.
The Attorney General’s Office said the commission’s executive director and assistant executive director falsified levels of tetrachloroethene to show the water supply was meeting state safe drinking water standards.
The office also said the men were trying to avoid spending millions of dollars to receive clean water from somewhere else, noted the article.
They also did not want to pay to have the chemical removed.
Larry Ragonese, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection, added that independent testing showed residents served by the commission were not at risk and the water in the two municipalities was safe to drink, stated the article.
"(The levels are) not high enough to shut anything down or to cause a safety issue for folks, but enough to say, ‘Hey wait, you’re over our standard, you need to figure out what’s causing it and you need to take some action,’" Ragonese said.
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