Sunday, September 24, 2023

30K gallons: Hog-waste spill prompts state investigation

Murphy-Brown Farm released nearly 30,000 gallons of hog waste which made its way to a nearby creek. (Courtesy photo)

NORTH CAROLINA — A pipe failure was the cause of a spill from a Bladen County farm that now is under examination by a state agency.

Murphy-Brown Farm released nearly 30,000 gallons of hog waste which made its way to a nearby creek. According to a release, cleanup efforts are underway as the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources investigates. 

The spill took place Friday evening; untreated animal waste flowed after a recirculation pipe failure. The state environmental division observed the waste 0.69 miles from the secondary containment on the facility.

The waste pooled mostly in an area by a beaver dam. The farm pumped the spillage Friday night and all day Saturday.

Inspections of the site from NCDEQ’s water resource division and ongoing cleanup will continue.


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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