Apr 14, 2009

Environmental Agency pollutes creek

This is a classic case of do as I say, not as I do.

Washington state environmental regulators say they've finally found the source of pollution that has been fouling a creek near Vancouver Lake: the agency's own sewer pipes.

City workers have discovered that the office building's sewer line was mistakenly connected to a storm drain, rather than the municipal sewer main.

Sewage from the building has been making its way into Burnt Bridge Creek and eventually into the lake. Jay Manning, the environmental agency's director, says the discovery was "embarrassing and upsetting."

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