State officials today released their first results of water quality samples and an updated preliminary health assessment for concentrations of the unregulated compound GenX in finished, or treated, drinking water.
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority has contracted with Wilmington-based Catlin Engineering to pump almost 50 million gallons of water contaminated by GenX out of an aquifer where it was stored for later use.
State officials have received data from the first rounds of water samples collected in the Cape Fear River to test for GenX, but it will still be a while longer before the information is made public.
Brunswick County says tests of its raw and treated water has found GenX concentrations at much lower levels than what were reported in a study that used data from 2013 and 2014.
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority says the first analysis of samples of its water show lower levels of GenX compared to samples used in the study that set off the region's concern about water safety.
Hundreds packed Kenan Auditorium at UNCW Wednesday night, as more than a dozen experts were put on a panel to address the public's concerns and questions about GenX.
There are still plenty of questions about GenX in the area's drinking water, but there are far more answers after WWAY, the StarNews and WHQR hosted a GenX Forum Wednesday night.
The Belville Board of Commissioners wanted the public to know that they are concerned, too.
WWAY News, StarNews Media and HQR News 91.3 are sponsoring a GenX Forum Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at UNCW's Kenan Auditorium.
The NC Department of Health and Human Services is examining cancer rates in the Cape Fear region over recent decades to compare them with statewide rates, according to a news release from Brunswick County.
The CFPUA Board of Directors will hold another special meeting this afternoon to discuss GenX and how the utility handled the information about the toxin.
A sea of red filled city hall as hundreds of people came out to make their voices heard.
Two weeks ago GenX became a familiar term for those who live in Southeastern North Carolina.
Chemours will voluntarily stop discharging the manufacturing effluent that contains GenX into the river this morning (June 21, 2017).
Mike Brown, CFPUA Board chairman, will provide two daily updates—one morning and one afternoon—with information on activity surrounding GenX. Updates will be provided each weekday.
The Cape Fear River Watch is hosting its own community forum Wednesday night to discuss GenX.
Concern over the GenX contamination in the Cape Fear River is driving people to the streets in protest.
The NC Department of Environmental Quality said late this afternoon its staff will begin sampling the water in the Cape Fear River today for GenX, which has many people worried about the safety of the area's drinking water.
A possible solution to filtering out GenX is reverse osmosis, which has had its own controversy in Leland. That is where H2GO requested to build a reverse osmosis water plant.
One day after a closed meeting with Chemours and local leaders, the CFPUA Board met again this morning to discuss GenX and how the utility company handled information about the toxin the area's drinking water.
Since news broke of GenX in the area's water supply, local utilities and state regulators have said they are waiting on the US Environmental Protection Agency for guidance. So what is the EPA doing?
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority may have known about the presence of a chemical compound called GenX in the drinking water system more than a year before a newspaper story made the issue public.
Several members of the Wilmington community voiced their concerns over GenX at Wednesday's Cape Fear Public Utility Authority meeting.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is leading a state investigation into reports of an unregulated chemical in the Cape Fear River.