A group of citizens who have endured raw sewage bubbling up into their homes and yards from city pipes for decades reached a settlement this week with their city government in Rochelle, Ga. The old, leaky city sewer pipes will be replaced. Eight African-American residents, represented by Earthjustice, sued last summer under the federal Clean…

Celebrate with a community of African-American people in Rochelle, GA, who are finally going to get a sewage system that works.

Raw sewage flows into their homes and yards

Imagine routinely shoveling away piles of sewage and toilet paper from your yard after it rains. Such is the plight of African-American residents in Rochelle, GA, courtesy their own city government. Earthjustice is working to end this atrocity.

Forcing the ruling system to fix the sewage system

Raw sewage flows into their homes and yards

White residents of Rochelle, Georgia, live on the south side of the city’s railroad track. African-Americans live on the other side. The city has failed to maintain and repair sewage pipes on the African-American side of town. As a result, untreated sewage backs up and overflows into the streets and the yards of residents on…