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Private property is vastly different from public property, if some evil corporation dumped mercury in my back yard I would have legions of lawyers begging me to let them have the case and I would probably a receive a 7 digit settlement overnight, if the evil corporation dumped it on public property then whoever was affected would have to go through miles of red tape and bureaucracy just to get the message out and most likely the evil corporation will have had far more experience in such matters than the few individuals opposing them.
This still has some problems. For instance, farmers in Pennsylvania have their natural creek water supply polluted from drilling for natural gas nearby. It's not considered polluting on their property since waste from the gas drilling is not dumped directly onto their property, rather the company dumps it onto their own property. (instead, it's being carried by the flow of water onto their property). There's no law in the book either state or Federal that can stop it, and the farmer has to purify his water just so he can have clean drinking and shower water for him and his family. Now, in such a case, what is the libertarian solution then?