A citizen In Thousand Oaks, California saw Ryan Edlestein, a 24-year-old carpet cleaner dump his dirty water into the city’s sewer system through a manhole. He recently pleaded guilty to unlawful dumping of materials into a sewer, a misdemeanor. It’s against the law to remove manhole covers to gain access to the city sewer system.
The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of $250 and an additional $100 to the state restitution fund. He was placed on misdemeanor probation for a year. Any subsequent violations could be charged as a felony.
Would it have been OK if he were to be using CRI approved chemicals in the water?
*As reported in the Thousand Oaks Acorn.
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