Springs Utilities Hit with $127,004 in Fines ; Multiple Spills of Sewage, Nonpotable Water Date to 2000

Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › January 08, 2007

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Summary

A year after being hit with a record fine and being placed under a state-mandated order to upgrade its sewer system, Colorado Springs Utilities was slapped in December with $127,004 in fines for spills dating to 2000.

A $65,542 fine penalizes the city for 13 spills totaling 46,283 gallons of sewage in five creeks or tributaries that happened between July 5 and Nov. 22, 2006.

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Springs Utilities Hit with $127,004 in Fines ; Multiple Spills of Sewage, Nonpotable Water Date to 2000

A separate $61,462 fine punishes the city for 22 releases of 3.1 million gallons of nonpotable water from October 2000 through Nov. 17, 2006. Nonpotable water has been treated but n...

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