HAYNEVILLE — When there's heavy rain, human waste from the pond of sewage across the street from Charlie Mae Holcomb’s home covers her front yard in rural Alabama. She can’t
By JAY REEVES and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press remember how many times she’s had to rip the flooring out of her small brick house because raw sewage backed up out the pipes.
“The America that we all believe in is a land of opportunity. But for historically marginalized communities from Alabama to Alaska, that opportunity is stolen when basic sanitation doesn’t work – exposing adults and children to backyard sewage and disease,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in a statement.
“This is the United States of America: no one should have raw sewage in their backyards or seeping into their homes,” Biden said. “I want them to fix it. I would love to see them move that lagoon. Find somewhere else to put it,” she said. “If you have all the windows down sometimes it’s just like the sewage system is in your house.”
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