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TN county borrows to deal with mess

May 2, 2011, – Nearly
$622,000 was authorized for a water extension project by county commissioners
to resolve a pollution problem allegedly caused by a pig farmer who’s set for a
court hearing May 9 and a trial two weeks later.
May 2, 2011, – Nearly
$622,000 was authorized for a water extension project by county commissioners
to resolve a pollution problem allegedly caused by a pig farmer who’s set for a
court hearing May 9 and a trial two weeks later.

The Bedford County pig
farmer is charged with contaminating the water supply of four homes by dumping
excessive amounts of waste from his hog production facilities, state officials
said in August 2009.

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