"The dene at the top was so full, if that had got any fuller the water would have only gone one way - and that was to our houses, " Mrs Werber said.

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One way to land in hot water is by tipping favored analysts to market-moving information.

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For one thing, the amount of BPA finding its way into everyday life soared, thanks to the bottled-water craze.

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And at some point, these pits weren't perfectly water-tight, some water would have got into one of them, and you might have got fermentation that way.

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