Corporate Sludge Dumping

We have lived in rural, agricultural areas for more than forty years, in Texas, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. We never encountered farmers desecrating their land with sewage until it happened in our area of Shrewsbury Township beginning in 2007. Sewage sludge has poisoned the wells of surrounding land-owners, caused illness and bacterial infection among nearby residents, reduced property values, and taken from people the normal use and enjoyment of their homes. Unless you have experienced nearby sludge dumping, you cannot possibly know how bad it is. The DEP calls sludge application a normal farming practice. It is not. The Attorney General, taking the side of the polluters, strikes down any attempt by local governments to protect their citizens from the dangerous results of sludge dumping. The current situation is intolerable, and citizens will continue to oppose the collusion between politicians and corporate interests that allow violation of our rights.