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| Welcome Media... For Interviews, please call: Jim Francis 815-745-3496 Tom Bergstrom 815-745-3498 Jim Heidenreich 815-745-3455 Photos You can Use Please use the pictures from our Factory Farming page. If you need additional images, or hi-res images, please contact us at mailto: info@StopTheMegaDairy.org  Click here for Sun Times Article... BREAKING NEWS: Manure spill in Maryland contaminates towns water supply and kills 2,500 trout. WALKERSVILLE Jan 30, 2008 -- For town residents who remember the 1999 sewage spill that forced them to use a makeshift water supply for five months, this could be worse. Test results this week from untreated water show the levels of bacteria and E. coli are greater than in 1999, said Mike Marschner, director of the county's Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management. The contamination is the result of a manure lagoon pipe that burst last week, said town commissioner Chad Weddle. The burst actually created two spills, one on Jan. 22 and a second Friday night into Saturday morning. It is too soon to tell how much this spill will cost the town, Weddle said. At the conference, Vicki Poole stood and showed the group of about 50 people a clear container holding dark water from a faucet in her home. Water has been a problem in her home for more than a decade and she believes the farm is responsible. In their basement, the couple has a complicated array of filters, tanks, and pumps that cleans their well water every day -- nine stations for cold water and 10 for hot water. They have had this system for several years. The couple bought their home and several acres about 11 years ago. Six months after moving in, their 135-foot well was condemned by the county due to contamination. Officials told them to build a 369-foot well at another location. Within two weeks, it also became contaminated, so they opted to buy the water equipment. Over the years, they have spent more than $100,000 on equipment, lab reports, maintenance, bottled water and gas driving to relatives' homes to shower, among other expenses. Their water situation was further compromised as the Teabow Farm expanded over the years, the Pooles said. MORE | |
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