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Sutton and the Haw River Assembly measured PFAS levels as high as 33,000 parts per trillion in the river in November 2019. Those have now declined to 519 parts per trillion.
The Haw River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, ... However, the Haw is still in danger of pollution from suburban nutrient runoff and sediment. Efforts are ...
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.
The UNC-Chapel Hill graduate student spent a Saturday morning in May volunteering with the Haw River Assembly to collect and count litter from Durham’s Third Fork Creek. ... That air pollution ...
The Cape Fear River is a 191.08-mile-long (307.51 km) [5] blackwater river in east-central North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear, from which it takes its name. The river is formed at the confluence of the Haw River and the Deep River (North Carolina) in the town of Moncure, North Carolina.
The Jordan Lake Dam (also known as the B. Everett Jordan Project and the New Hope Dam) is located at 4 miles (6.4 km) upstream from the mouth of the Haw River in the upper Cape Fear River drainage Completed in 1974 by the Nello L. Teer Company , it is 1,330 feet (410 m) in length and has a top elevation of 266.5 feet (81.2 m) above mean sea level.
The North Carolina town has spent about $3.5 million upgrading its water treatment technology to remove PFAS coming from the Haw River. Pittsboro sues forever chemical, firefighting foam ...
Haw River is bordered by Burlington to the west, Graham to the south, and Green Level to the north.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.4 km 2), of which 2.8 square miles (7.3 km 2) is land and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 1.38%, is water. [4]