Army contractors are preparing to destroy more than 1,200 tons of the ultra-deadly VX nerve agent stockpiled at the Newport Chemical depot about 70 miles west of Indianapolis.

Residents who have spent four decades near this weapon of mass destruction are ready to see it go. But a dispute over what will become of the project's wastewater could leave them stuck with the nerve agent's legacy.

Opposition from residents in Dayton, Ohio, changed the army's plan to dispose of up to 4 million gallons of that wastewater, known as hydrolysate, at a plant there. Now, plans to truck the waste to Deepwater, New Jersey, for treatment and disposal are in doubt amid opposition from environmentalists, lawmakers, and residents in New Jersey and adjoining Delaware.

Project Security: Read I-Team 8's investigation into VX and the Newport Chemical Depot