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Pittsboro says residents with health conditions should drink bottled water, asks for limited water use so it can limit intake from the Haw River. Pittsboro warns residents that 1,4-dioxane could ...
1,4-Dioxane (/ d aɪ ˈ ɒ k s eɪ n /) is a heterocyclic organic compound, classified as an ether. It is a colorless liquid with a faint sweet odor similar to that of diethyl ether . The compound is often called simply dioxane because the other dioxane isomers ( 1,2- and 1,3- ) are rarely encountered.
In an effort to avoid drawing 1,4-dioxane into the town’s water system, Pittsboro is urging its residents and water customers to avoid non-essential uses. That means avoid washing cars, watering ...
Prior to the release, 1,4-dioxane was measured at 2.4 parts per billion in the Haw, below the Environmental Protection Agency’s health advisory goal of 35 ppb. After the release, The N&O ...
Lake Mary reduced 1,4-dioxane in its drinking water to about two to three times the advisory level, which the Florida Department of Health deemed in writing as not a risk to consumers.
In the United Kingdom, the environmental regulator permits only chemical additives which are classed as non hazardous to groundwater for fracturing fluids. [3] [4] [5] Operators are required to disclose the content of hydraulic fracturing fluids to the relevant environment agency [6] while the composition must be disclosed if the regulator demands it. [7]
This is a list of Superfund sites in Massachusetts designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. . The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contamination
The Haw River empties into the southern end of Jordan Lake. Apex and Cary draw their drinking water about six miles northeast, near U.S. 64.