Missoula, MT – Missouri River Contractors was upgrading a wastewater treatment plant at the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs, until A&E issued a Stop Work Order following permit violations and insufficient corrective actions by the contractor.
The contractor’s actions resulted in the unintentional release of more than 3 million gallons of partially treated wastewater into Warm Springs Creek.
The discharge of partially treated wastewater has been stopped.
Given the information and water testing from the point of release, short-term human health effects are not expected and there is currently no known risk to water quality.
Work on the project will not resume until DEQ is confident that environmental protections are in place.
