Worker Error Cited in D.C. ‘Water Alert’
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
The Army Corps of Engineers has blamed worker error at a Corps-operated treatment plant for this week’s “boil water alert” that affected a million residents of Washington and its suburbs.
A preliminary investigation found there was not “a proper and timely response” to increased levels of particles in the raw water from the Potomac River going into a water treatment plant, Col. Richard Capka of the Army Corps of Engineers said at a news conference Friday.
Officials said the water alert may be canceled today.
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