Project Bringing Water Service to 2 Gray’s Creek Schools 60% Complete
The $11 million project includes more than 3 miles of pipe to replace drinking water wells contaminated with PFAS forever chemicals.
State loses regulatory power for yet another toxic chemical polluting Cape Fear River
The decision prevents the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality from regulating the discharge of likely carcinogenic chemical 1,4-dioxane from polluters releasing it upstream of Fayetteville, allowing more of the toxin to flow into Cape Fear River.
Study is first to sample North Carolina’s rivers, streams for microplastics
A recent study estimates that 230 billion tiny pieces of plastic the thickness of a human hair and 670 million microplastics about the size of a grain of sand flow into the Pamlico Sound from the Neuse River Basin each year. To reach that estimate, North Carolina State University and North Carolina Sea Grant researchers…
Wayne County farm with massive hog waste spill nets new violations amid bacteria concerns
Last August, during a routine surveillance flyover, Samantha Krop spotted something odd at White Oak Farm, a Wayne County biogas and industrial hog farm operation. In May 2022, the owners reported that nearly a million gallons of hog feces, decomposing hog carcasses and food waste seeped from a failed hog waste “digester” and spread over…
Proposed bill raises alarm over potential weakening of NC water quality regulations
Recently, state lawmakers discussed this year’s regulatory reform bill and, despite a bevy of amendments and question marks about its effects on the environment and potential conflicts with the Clean Water Act, the bill received a favorable report and is moving on in the state Senate.
