Former Garden Plain water operator pleads guilty to making false report

The former operator of the water system in the Sedgwick County town of Garden Plain pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Wichita of falsifying a report on the quality of the city’s drinking water, authorities said.

Arthur Wolfe, 64, of Norwich, pleaded guilty to one count of a making a false statement in a report to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Stephen McAllister, U.S. Attorney for Kansas, said the report is required by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Wolfe certified a bacteriological report in falsely represented water samples taken at the water treatment plant as samples taken at other locations, McAllister said.

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