WILSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — Wilson County is putting new policies in place to deal with poorly operating sewage systems that serve new neighborhoods.

The changes come as some call the county a "hot spot for failing systems."

The Southern Environmental Law Center recently filed a notice of intent to sue the county.

It claims the county and the private company it uses to operate sewage systems, Adenus, are illegally releasing wastewater into Old Hickory Lake at the Ridgewater Estates Subdivision.

Wilson County and Adenus deny wrongdoing at Ridgewater Estates.

However, a state review of Wilson County's 34 privately operated sewage systems found that half were out of compliance last year.

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