Desert Hot Springs waste spill has MSWD facing up to $9.4 million fine
Mission Springs Water Districtis facing as much as $9.4 million in fines from state and regional water regulators after district officials failed to report a nearly million-gallon spill from a breached wastewater percolation pond as required, and failed to notify state authorities that a temporary holding pond had been constructed. District officials waited two weeks to notify state authorities that last Oct. 3, large amounts of treated wastewater gushed through Desert Hot Springs residential streets …