Although eight filters are scheduled to arrive, CFPUA says based on projected drinking water demands, only four of the eight filters need to be online to provide effective PFAS treatment – to a standard where, for example, levels of GenX are at or near non-detection.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released four drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and announced $1 billion in grant funding to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in drinking water.
Governor Roy Cooper visited Wilmington on Tuesday, with it being five years since the Cape Fear learned of the chemical Gen-X in area waters.
The forum was to call attention to challenges that face the Cape Fear River Basin surrounding the “forever chemicals” or PFAS and to discuss efforts that can be made to tackle the issue.
A panel from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality held a public meeting on Monday evening at UNCW inside Lumina Theater.
New Hanover County Board of Commissioners Chair Julia Olson-Boseman shared an update on the health of the county's finances in the State of the County Address on Monday afternoon.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality paid a visit to New Hanover County on Tuesday afternoon.
When the weather is nice, its not uncommon to see people fishing along the Cape Fear River but you may want to consider tossing the fish you catch back into the water.
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Construction has started on a project that will add eight new granular activated carbon (GAC) filters to Sweeney Water Treatment Plant, which draws from the Cape Fear River and provides drinking water to about 80 percent…
NEW HANOVER COUNTY (WWAY) -- After decades of drinking water polluted with GenX and other forever chemicals, local and state leaders say a…
The NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality issued a Notice of Violation to Chemours for exceeding the facility wide GenX annual air emissions limit.
Attorney General Josh Stein paid a visit to the Port City on Tuesday, taking time to discuss some pressing issues.
"We have every intention of holding Chemours and DuPont responsible for the millions of dollars we are spending on reverse osmosis—that’s why we entered into a joint lawsuit with other utilities to seek monetary damages," Thompson says.
With the proposed changes, the County’s FY 2022 recommended rates would still remain lower or comparable with other retail water rates in other coastal North Carolina counties.
Attorney General Josh Stein has filed a lawsuit against DuPont, Chemours, and related companies to "hold them accountable for the damage their manufacture, use, and disposal of PFAS chemicals have caused to North Carolina’s natural resources."
In Brunswick County, H2GO has officially broken ground at the new reverse osmosis plant site.
North Carolina State University's GenX Exposure Study has detected PFAS's in human blood in Wilmington.
Seven companies have been named in a lawsuit related to the contamination of a West Virginia city’s water supply from firefighting foam.
A years-long effort by CFPUA staff has culminated in the 2020 Source Water Risk and Resiliency Plan, a detailed summary of sites with the potential to affect water quality at the region’s primary drinking water source.
Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo is visiting North Carolina to push for policies to eliminate the pollution of chemicals from industrial products.
Clean water in schools is what one group want, after a report revealed Brunswick County's Belville Elementary contained the highest level of PFAs contamination compared to other sites across the nation.
Drinking water in part of Brunswick County is considered the most toxic in the United States, according to new testing. Wilmington is ranked number 5.
Tuesday morning, conversations about Gen-X and PFAS happened on Capitol Hill with Clean Cape Fear co-founder Emily Donovan joining the discussion.
People from all over the Cape Fear region and the world voiced their concerns as they protested against water pollution at the Chemours plant.