- Orangefield Water Supply Corp. must pay $36,260 in penalties for 12 violations at its wastewater treatment plant near Bridge City, including broken equipment, insufficient chlorine levels, and incomplete records.
Orangefield Water Supply Corp. must pay $36,260 in penalties after state regulators cited 12 problems at its wastewater treatment plant near Bridge City, according to an order from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
The problems included broken equipment, grease and scum in the plant’s tanks, and treated water with too little chlorine on one test, TCEQ said. Chlorine is added to treated wastewater to kill germs. The company also kept incomplete records, according to the order.
The company generally denies each allegation, and signing the order is not an admission of any violation, according to the order…