Garden Plain’s former water system operator is in trouble for allegedly lying to the Environmental Protection Agency about where got tap water samples used to test the quality of the city’s drinking water.
An indictment filed Thursday in federal court says Arthur Wolfe, 62, certified bacteriological reports that said he’d collected tap water from four homes in Garden Plain last winter, when he really got it all from 411 Loomis — the City of Garden Plain’s shop.
Samples are typically taken from more than one location to make sure bacteria is not seeping into the water lines.
Garden Plain, which has around 900 residents, is required to collect at least two water samples a month for testing.
(Read more: Wichita Eagle)