BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A New Jersey-based company pleaded guilty Friday in Bridgeport to a felony violation of the Clean Water Act after knowingly contaminating a Connecticut brook in July 2019.
The National Water Main Cleaning Company, or NWMCC, waived its right to be indicted, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Prosecutors say NWMCC knowingly discharged a pollutant into Cuff Brook while refurbishing a large culvert pipe in Cheshire five-and-a-half years ago…