Cape Fear River Watch hosted a meeting on Wednesday night to share the results of a study monitoring PFAS levels in people's blood at Cape Fear Community College's Union Station.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality came to Columbus County on Tuesday night to talk about PFAS and well sampling.
The most recent test results, from treated drinking water sampled November 1st, detected no PFAS in 64 of 65 PFAS analyzed by CFPUA’s contracted laboratory.
One day after the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, Chemours, and North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality signed an agreement to have Chemours continue working to reduce the amount of forever chemicals in the cape fear river, many are asking what this latest agreement means when it comes to our water quality.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality hosted a public information session about private well sampling for PFAS contamination in the Cape Fear area in Wilmington on Tuesday evening.
All water being distributed to customers from the Sweeney Water Treatment plant is 100% PFAS and Gen X free.
Every drop of water leaving the Sweeney Plant is now being treated by the new GAC filters, according to CFPUA.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is hosting a community information meeting on October 11th to answer questions about PFAS contamination in the Cape Fear.
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.