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Old 12-19-2011, 12:05 PM
 
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Hallsville is under orders from the Department of Natural Resources to stop a sewage lagoon from discharging wastewater runoff into a nearby stream. The lagoon is on property donated by the Martins in 1985. In a lease agreement with the city, the Martins use treated wastewater to irrigate 120 acres of corn. The original contract said the Martins were to apply wastewater “as needed for agricultural purposes.” A new contract in 2007 did not specify “for agricultural purposes” but still stated that irrigation would occur “as needed.”

Martin said Smith, who was hired amid a cloud of controversy in October 2010, decided that “as needed” meant as the city needed in order to meet DNR standards — not as Martin needed for crop production. “This isn’t what it’s always meant for 25 years,” Martin said.

City officials contend the Martins have broken their agreement by not irrigating their fields often enough, causing the 10-acre wastewater storage cell to overflow into nearby Kelley Branch. DNR has cited the frequent runoff and numerous other Clean Water Act violations — mostly related to record-keeping and report submission — as reasons for turning the matter over to the attorney general’s office last fall.
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Old 12-19-2011, 10:36 PM
 
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Link? It is difficult to form an opinion on such scant & unsourced information.
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Old 12-20-2011, 08:45 AM
 
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Sorry about that . Here is the link.

Couple fights Hallsville's condemnation attempt | The Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, Missouri
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Old 12-21-2011, 02:08 PM
 
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I'm still not clear on what is going on. If the Martins donated the land the sewage lagoon sits upon to the City of Hallsville and it does not sit upon their land then why are they responsible for it? Why the eminent domain condemnation on the cropland they do own? Of course you have to meet DNR clean water regulations but this would seem to be the city of Hallsville's problem. Pretty difficult to know the whole story here. I suspect there is much more than meets the eye as presented in the article.
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