From the West Alabama Newsroom– People in rural Lowndes County could soon have a new option available to them — to deal with ongoing wastewater and sewage issues. Officials with the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program — have brought in a new technology from South Africa. Program officials hope the above ground onsite septic system will help put an end…
Action is being taken to help solve the long-running raw sewage issues in parts of Lowndes County.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A stream of free flowing wastewater and sewage running through a small trailer park in Dallas County — is raising health concerns for the people who live there. Marvin and Cora Wilson say raw sewage has been flowing through their property like a like a river for about two weeks. “Really wish it could be…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Raw sewage is bubbling up near several houses in a Dallas County neighborhood and residents there want something done about it. Doris Walker lives directly in front of piece of property where raw sewage is overflowing into the yard she shares with several neighbors. “It just stinks,” she said. “You can smell it in your…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The water and sewage issues in Lowndes County have been the subject of both national and local news reports. A program designed to help address the situation is working to install free septic systems in as many rural homes as possible. Signs have gone up around Lowndes County to let homeowners in rural areas of…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– People in a small Dallas County community say a swamp is slowly overtaking their neighborhood. And people in the area are also dealing with a raw sewage problem. Peter Sheppard, Senior has been calling everyone he can think of — to try get something done — about the unsanitary conditions — people in his neighborhood…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Lowndes County company is helping to address some of the ongoing sewage problems — that some people in the county are facing. SABIC — a plastics manufacturing company in Burkville — donated $500,000 dollars to the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program — in response to ongoing sanitary issues in Lowndes County. About four years…
Sewage problems in Lowndes County have been well-documented in recent years. Now, there’s an effort underway to address the problem — one house at a time.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Tenants at an apartment complex in Linden are speaking out about living conditions — that they feel are unsafe. Vicki Keller is a long-time resident at Linden Park Apartments. “I’ve been dealing with mold for over two years now.” Keller says an on-going — persistent — mold problem at the complex — has people there…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Residents at one Selma apartment complex are concerned for their health after raw sewage floods their apartments. Raw sewage is overflowing at Magnolia Garden Apartments in Selma. It’s backing up into one of the buildings and flooding some of the apartments. Some of the tenants say they’ve been dealing with the problem for about a…
