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Columbia dumps Data Resources, hires Shealy Environmental

By adam beam | Published: January 9, 2009
When federal agents raided Columbia’s sewer plant last month, it strained the relationship between the city and its laboratory testing company. Wednesday, council members officially cut ties with Data Resources when it awarded its laboratory services contract to Shealy Environmental for $37,753. Data Resources, along with at least one Columbia official, are being investigated for falsifying [...]
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Sewer overflow in Broad River

By adam beam | Published: December 11, 2008
The State’s Joey Holleman is reporting an overflow of sanitary sewer in the Broad River near I-20.
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Sewer investigation getting bigger

By adam beam | Published: December 10, 2008
Court documents released Wednesday indicate DHEC could be looking at the Town of St. Matthews as part of its investigation of Data Resources, an environmental company accused of falsifying records at Columbia’s sewer plant. Luke Mathis, a.k.a. former employee #2, told investigators that: “The town of St. Matthews was another client of Data Resources, Inc. He [...]
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City reassigns sewer employee pending investigation

By adam beam | Published: December 8, 2008
An assistant superintendent at Columbia’s sewer plant has been reassigned pending the outcome of a criminal investigation into improper record keeping and illegal dumping. Laxmi Nagaraj has not been charged with a crime, but he is mentioned throughout a search warrant affidavit that state and federal investigators used to search the Columbia Metro Wastewater Treatment [...]
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More on the DHEC/EPA investigation into Columbia's sewer plant

By adam beam | Published: December 5, 2008
According to The State’s Tim Flach (who is also a contributor to Metro Desk): One sewer plant worker in Cayce was questioned Thursday by DHEC officials about operations in Columbia when he worked there, Cayce city manager John Sharpe said. Sharpe said he didn’t know more. Efforts to reach the worker were unsuccessful. Officials in Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington and [...]
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