Ex-Ridgewood Water Engineer Charged with Hiding Contamination Levels
William Mowell, the assistant executive director of East Orange's water utility, was indicted along with the utility's executive director on Wednesday. Ridgewood Water contends Mowell could not have manipulated the Ridgewood Water supply during his tenure
A former Ridgewood Water engineer accused of manipulating the water supply in East Orange did not have the access to carry out the alleged deeds in Ridgewood, Ridgewood Water head Frank Moritz says. The assistant executive director of the East Orange Water Commission (EOWC), William Mowell, 51, of Wyckoff, was indicted Wednesday for allegedly conspiring with the utility's director to manipulate monthly water test results that found higher levels of contaminants in drinking water. The allegations stem from Nov. 2010 to April 2011. Mowell worked as the chief engineer at Ridgewood Water until he was laid off in July of 2010, according to employment records. Ridgewood Water serves Wyckoff, Midland Park, Glen Rock and Ridgewood. He could not …
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longtimer66
12:55 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
If what you say is true, why is the payroll co-mingled? Why also are union contracts which include Rwd Water? See Vill website, blue collar p5, white collar p21, supervisor p4. There are only 3 payrolls for Rwd in the database links I noted above, Village, BOE, and Library. So how do they separate out (as you say) when a Rwd Water employee is doing something else-- if there is no other payroll, … more ›