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Local contractor Everrise Maintenance was fined $ 8,500 by PUB for failing to use a licensed plumber to repair cracked pipes in a condo on River Valley Road on September 8.
The national water agency said in a statement yesterday that Everrise Maintenance was convicted of causing contamination to the water supplied by PUB and also for failing to ensure that regulated works were performed by a licensed plumber.
He was fined on December 1.
PUB said it received calls from residents of the Waterford Residence on Sept. 9 that there was an odor in the water and sent officers to investigate with the condo’s managing agent.
The odor can be traced back to one of the two compartments in a water tank, which was immediately isolated for discharge work.
A complete discharge of the service pipes was performed, causing the water supply to 60 residential units in the affected block to be interrupted for approximately three hours.
Subsequent investigations revealed that Everrise Maintenance, hired by the managing agent to do the repair work, had told its workers to repair a crack line in the water tank without proper instructions.
The 10cm crack line was found on the outer surface of the water tank cap during a site inspection with PUB and should have been repaired by a licensed plumber or workers supervised by one.
Instead, workers applied sealant to both the exterior and interior of the water tank lid, contaminating the water in the tank.
Everrise Maintenance could have been fined up to $ 10,000 for failing to ensure regulated jobs were performed by a licensed plumber and up to $ 50,000 for causing contamination to PUB supplied water.
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