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Hog Waste
The location of the New River in Onslow County puts it on the frontlines in the fight to balance the interests of agriculture and environmentalists.


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Straight Piping
In Madison County more than a third of homes with outhouses, straight pipes or failing septic systems now have working waste disposal systems. In Buncombe County almost half of the violations found in homes in the Ivy Watershed have been corrected.

Many thanks to Thomas R. Linden, M.D., professor medical journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill and his JOMC 196 and 197 classes for producing these segments. Specifically:

Neuse River
John Kondis, producer
Zoe Enga and Ben Hayes, associate producers
Steve Baragona, script writer

Lake Waccamaw
Tania Zeigler, producer
Meredith Carswell and Sheila Thomas-Ambat, associate producers
Dan Childs, script writer

Hog Waste
Steve Lyerly, producer
Raimundo Alemparte, associate producer
Michael Iskandar, script writer

Straight Piping
Gretchen Decker, producer
Clifton Cheek, script writer

 
 

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