Audit questions why contractor failed to finish $15 million project
Source: By Dave Flessner and Michael Davis, Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN), Wednesday, January 09, 2008
The city of Chattanooga has dumped at least $15 million in the past seven years into a sludge treatment process that was improperly designed and has yet to work, according to a new internal audit. (.pdf)
Mayor Ron Littlefield said Tuesday he wants the contractor hired in 2001 to develop the system -- US Filter, now owned by Siemens Water Technologies Corp. -- to fix the problem at the Moccasin Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant as soon as possible. He said he will be meeting with a company official to discuss possible solutions within the next week.