LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Boring Company has been fined nearly half a million dollars after disposing of drilling fluids and mud into the Clark County Water Reclamation District's Publicly Owned Treatment Works while working on the Vegas Loop.

According to a letter sent to The Boring Company on Oct. 28, this has been going on for months.

The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection received an anonymous complaint on Aug. 12. The complaint alleged that beginning on April 21, untreated water from The Boring Company-owned holding tanks was discharged to the District's facility off of Paradise Road and Flamingo Road.

On Aug. 13, inspectors conducted an on-site inspection and confirmed "an active illicit discharge of what appeared to be drilling fluids/spoils into the District POTW via two o

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