Although “frustrated” by the unhealthy and inconvenient conditions, Burke said she doesn’t let it get her down.
Human wastewater contaminating homes and yards in these rural parts of central Alabama “has become a way of life,” she said.
But earlier this month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to kill the deal, calling it “illegal DEI.”.
Given the area’s especially hard, impermeable soil and the high cost of installing private wastewater systems, many residents have resorted to straight piping to deal with human wastewater.
This method involves guiding human wastewater away from the home into a series of ditches and crude piping systems, according to the DOJ report.
Dark green water across from a home holds a foul smelling mix of human waste in Lowndes County.
By terminating it, the Trump Administration has put its blatant disregard for the health of my constituents on full display.”. »