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February 14, 2005
Phoenix Water Problems Case of Passing the Buck
Well it turns out both The Arizona Republic and I got it wrong when I published "Phoenix's Water Crisis Ended" on January 26th. The bad water in Phoenix was blamed by the city's Water Services Department on bad weather.
It turns out, as now reported once again in The Arizona Republic, from its own investigation that shows that the chaos surrounding the water scare was indicative of deeper, more pervasive problems that have plagued the city's Water Services Department for more than a decade. The investigation uncovered documents indicating an agency that chronically violated state and federal water laws.
Moreover, the Department also hid problems with the water system and lied about them to the city's top officials and state and federal regulators since 1988.
This is truly a passing of the buck to weather problems when systemic mishandling of the water system has been to blame for years.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at February 14, 2005 06:37 PM
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