Washington, July 9 -- Congresswoman Harriet Hageman issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) is seeking answers on the contamination of Cheyenne's water system by Meta's data center.
In March, the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities revoked industrial discharge privileges for the data center's contractor, Goat Systems, following the discovery of the bacterium Cupriavidus gilardii in the wastewater system. The discharge of this rare bacterium into water supplies has led to months of cleanup and taken Cheyenne's reuse water system offline. Concerningly, Cheyenne residents were not made aware of the contamination until the end of June, nor was Meta identified as the polluter until July.
While local utility off...