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"The soil is compacted, there's asphalt over them and when it rains, the water runs off into the gutters instead of into the soil."

Reinhold Mueller, who also claimed he was harassed and nearly “run off the road” in the lead-up to the trial, according to a civil lawsuit, police reports and a video reviewed by The Times.

"The problem when you have extreme precipitation," Bosilovich said, "is the water ends up running off," instead of soaking in and replenishing groundwater stores.

McCurry’s team is working to learn more about whether the metals in retardant percolate into groundwater or run off into streams and rivers.

Officers believe the carjacking suspect lost control of the car, crashed it and ran off.