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West Columbia resident says children sick after alleged sewage contamination; requests meeting with SCDOT and city
Summary
At the Nov. council meeting, Corina Helgason urged the City of West Columbia to address alleged sewage-contaminated runoff on Natchez Trail, saying children in her neighborhood have fallen ill and asking for a multi-party meeting with SCDOT, engineers and the city attorney; the mayor declined to meet because the matter is legal in nature.
Corina Helgason, who identified herself as a resident of 1020 Natchez Trail, told the City of West Columbia council that strong sewage odors and "milky, muddy" contaminated water on Halloween are causing health problems in her family and neighborhood.
"Our children are dying, not only mine, but the whole entire neighborhood, sir," Helgason said, adding that her child developed pink eye and her son recently tested positive for E. coli. She said SCDOT’s attorney, identified in her remarks as "Mister Deholser," advised her the gabion wall adjacent to her property is unsafe and that she is not permitted to repair it because it is not her…
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