CHARLOTTE, NC — A nightmare for any homeowner. Looking out to see water spewing from your front yard. Unfortunately, for Joey Starnes and her family, it’s the latest of a long list of water problems jeopardizing their home.

“All of a sudden it was kind of like that scene in The Beverly Hillbillies where he’s like, up from the ground came a bubbling oil,” said Starnes after a watermain broke in her front yard.

Except it wasn’t oil, instead muddy water was spewing from Starnes’ yard.

The bubbling mess on her lawn is just the latest water issue she said has plagued her northwest Charlotte home.

“We’re starting to feel like this house that we love so much. Maybe it’s built on an Indian burial ground or something because, you know, and I just feel like every time we turn around, there’s so

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