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The military was the most common culprit named among the 168 water systems that pointed to a PFAS source and also reported levels above limits the EPA set earlier this year. Philadelphia ...
The Camp Lejeune water contamination problem occurred at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, from 1953 to 1987. [1] During that time, United States Marine Corps (USMC) personnel and families at the base — as well as many international, particularly British, [2] assignees — bathed in and ingested tap water contaminated with harmful chemicals at all concentrations ...
In September 2018, a dam failure caused by Hurricane Florence led to the leakage of coal ash into the Cape Fear River about five miles northwest of Wilmington, North Carolina. The coal ash came from two storage areas ( ash ponds) owned and operated by Duke Energy. Contaminants from the coal ash may have leached into the water source but long ...
Incident. On February 2, 2014 a drainage pipe burst at a coal ash containment pond owned by Duke Energy in Eden, North Carolina, sending 39,000 tons of coal ash into the Dan River. In addition to the coal ash, 27 million gallons of wastewater from the plant was released into the river. [ 1] The broken pipe was left unsealed for almost a week ...
July 11, 2024 at 1:18 PM. By a record-thin margin, Virginia nipped North Carolina to top CNBC’s latest annual rankings of best states for businesses. Its northern neighbor denied the Tar Heel ...
With all of Southeastern North Carolina water logged, waterways full, some streets still flooded and closed, and rivers continuing to rise as the heavy precipitation from inland areas makes its ...
These particles can find their way into rivers via nonpoint-source pollution or through larger point-source pollution events such as Hurricane Florence in 2018. The storm caused a dam to fail, which caused a mass leakage of coal ash into the Cape Fear River about 5 miles northwest of Wilmington, North Carolina.
The basics. The Cape Fear River basin expands more than 200 miles into North Carolina's Piedmont, filling several important roles. That includes providing drinking water and drainage to supporting ...