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prison, because of the pressure it would put on the Mitchells area, a predominantly agricultural area of the county, is completely in conflict with the county’s Comprehensive Plan.
The final count in the lawsuit alleges that the prison will result in a “taking" of neighboring groundwater supplies. The suit goes on to say that the prison will utilize huge amounts of local wellwater to supply water to prison inmates and for sewage treatment which ultimately may cause neighboring wells to go dry.
The suit also raises questions about the prison’s sewage disposal. Prison opponents have charged that the DOC is currently proposing to dump treated sewage effluent from the prison into a small stream which runs dry in the summer and floods in the spring.
The lawsuit alleges that this will adversely affect the land and livestock of local farms that also use the affected stream, with local cattle drinking from a stream that at times will contain only the prison’s sewage effluent.
According to Slaughter, Circuit Court Judge Lloyd C. Sullenberger denied a motion for temporary injunction sought by the citizens requesting an immediate halt to all DOC activities relating to purchase of the farm property pending a trial on the suit.
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