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Water-plant woes costly for taxpayers

 
Tempe taxpayers are on the hook for a contractor's bill that has topped $302,000 and is still ballooning for work that some say could have been avoided if the city had followed recommendations outlined more than two years ago.

The city hired the contractor after an industrial accident last year at Tempe's Kyrene water-reclamation plant exposed five municipal workers to toxic-gas levels that exceeded state and federal regulations.
Sunday 30 November, 2008 02:52 PM
 
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