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A multinational company that manages public water systems in Oklahoma has a pattern of water quality violations. And no one outside the company knows how many of Oklahoma’s 1,600-plus water systems they’re managing.
As part of that new funding included in the recently passed $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure bill, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality’s Water Quality Division proposed an amendment to the state fiscal year 2022 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Intended Use Plan to increase the maximum loan forgiveness amount from $250,000 to $1 million.
Feb 18, 2021 The Norman Water Treatment Plant is shown. The plant had a pipe burst on Thursday due to frigid temperatures. Transcript File Photo While Norman is asking for water conservation efforts after a pipe burst at the Norman Water Treatment Facility depleted the cityâs water quantity, the quality of the water is not in jeopardy at the moment, officials said. Due to the frigid temperatures that have covered the state of Oklahoma for the past week, water lines were pushed so far that both Norman and Oklahoma City had pipes burst at water plants an...