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Yet this ground also harbors a threat, one that will worsen as the planet warms.
For decades, the people of this rural county 30 miles south of Montgomery have struggled with waste. Municipal sewage systems do not extend to this farming community, and many residents cannot afford septic systems; their waste flows directly into ditches or streams. Even those with septic tanks find that they often fail in the dense, waterlogged soil. On rainy days, toilets won’t flush and foul effluent burbles up into bathtubs and sinks.
The untreated waste and warm, wet weather breed illnesses rarely seen in developed nations. Visitors to the county doctors, politicians, a United Nations human rights expert have expressed shock that such conditions exist in the 21st century in the world’s richest country.