New Market residents in Madison County are concerned that a wastewater treatment plant near Winchester Road on the Flint River will pollute the backyard waterway they use for that and fishing. They also have concerns the air will be filled with the smell of sewage, dragging down their property values.

Hundreds of people attended a recent Madison County meeting of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to protest plans to build the facility near the Berry Hill neighborhood.

Here’s what you need to know:

Where will the proposed wastewater treatment plant be built?

The draft permit lists the location at 3257 Winchester Road. It sits on the Flint River near the New Market’s Berry Hill neighborhood, close to the backyards of long-time residents.

Who is building the plant?

Birm

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