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Two Bethany-Warr Acres Water Treatment Plant employees charged

Two employees of the Bethany-Warr Acres water treatment plant have been charged, accused of knowingly allowing improperly treated or raw wastewater to be discharged into a creek.

Two Bethany-Warr Acres Water Treatment Plant employees charged

Two employees of the Bethany-Warr Acres water treatment plant have been charged, accused of knowingly allowing improperly treated or raw wastewater to be discharged into a creek.

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      AN EXCITING TIME. ALL RIGHT, KYLIE, THANK YOU. NEW AT SIX TWO WATER TREATMENT EMPLOYEES FACE CHARGES THREE YEARS AFTER RAW WASTEWATER WAS FOUND IN A WARR ACRES CREEK. THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS GLENN BRENTNALL AND ANTHONY MENZIE KNOWINGLY ALLOWED IMPROPERLY TREATED WASTEWATER TO BE DISCHARGED INTO THE WATER. THE TWO WORKED FOR THE BETHANY WARR ACRES WATER TREATMENT PLANT. MENZIE HAS BEEN ARRESTED, WHILE BRENTNALL HAS A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST. THE DA SAYS BRENTNALL WAS THE PLANT MANAGER AND KNEW ABOUT FAILURES AT THE PLANT, BUT DIDN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. MENZIE ADMITTED TO ALTERING LAB
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      Two Bethany-Warr Acres Water Treatment Plant employees charged

      Two employees of the Bethany-Warr Acres water treatment plant have been charged, accused of knowingly allowing improperly treated or raw wastewater to be discharged into a creek.

      Two employees of the Bethany-Warr Acres water treatment plant have been charged, accused of knowingly allowing improperly treated or raw wastewater to be discharged into a creek. >> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channelThe Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office announced the charges against Glenn Brentnell and Anthony Menzie, who were charged in Oklahoma County on Tuesday.Officials said in November 2022, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality received information about flowing and standing sewage around the wastewater treatment plant. Investigators responded and found sewage around the headworks building and observed it flowing down a ditch near the facility into a creek. Witnesses told investigators that Brentnell and Menzie were responsible, according to a news release.Investigators learned that Brentnell, the plant’s manager, knew about failures at the treatment plant and did nothing to make repairs, according to a news release.“Those failures resulted in the sewage and untreated wastewater ending up in the creek. Menzie was interviewed and admitted to altering laboratory reports to reflect a lower fecal count. Those falsified reports were submitted to DEQ and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,” district attorney officials said in the news release.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Brentnell and Menzie were charged with one count of obtaining property by trick or deception or false representation or pretense, two counts of violating the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act, and Menzie was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit a felony and offering false or forged instrument for recordation, according to Oklahoma County court records.Officials said Menzie was arrested Friday and booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center. Brentnell had a warrant out for his arrest but was not in custody as of Friday afternoon.Top HeadlinesTIMELINE: Severe storms could bring hail to Oklahoma late SaturdayWhere’s the money: Tracking Bipartisan Infrastructure Law fundingPerson taken to hospital after three-alarm fire breaks out at northwest OKC event centerPowerful earthquake rocks Myanmar and Thailand; more than 150 people dead‘I don’t think I’m going to make it’: Kayaker called father before he died in Texas lake

      Two employees of the Bethany-Warr Acres water treatment plant have been charged, accused of knowingly allowing improperly treated or raw wastewater to be discharged into a creek.

      >> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel

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      The Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office announced the charges against Glenn Brentnell and Anthony Menzie, who were charged in Oklahoma County on Tuesday.

      Officials said in November 2022, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality received information about flowing and standing sewage around the wastewater treatment plant. Investigators responded and found sewage around the headworks building and observed it flowing down a ditch near the facility into a creek. Witnesses told investigators that Brentnell and Menzie were responsible, according to a news release.

      Investigators learned that Brentnell, the plant’s manager, knew about failures at the treatment plant and did nothing to make repairs, according to a news release.

      “Those failures resulted in the sewage and untreated wastewater ending up in the creek. Menzie was interviewed and admitted to altering laboratory reports to reflect a lower fecal count. Those falsified reports were submitted to DEQ and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,” district attorney officials said in the news release.

      Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Brentnell and Menzie were charged with one count of obtaining property by trick or deception or false representation or pretense, two counts of violating the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act, and Menzie was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit a felony and offering false or forged instrument for recordation, according to Oklahoma County court records.

      Officials said Menzie was arrested Friday and booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center. Brentnell had a warrant out for his arrest but was not in custody as of Friday afternoon.


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