SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — The state environmental quality agency will hold an information session for Cape Fear residents next month to provide an update on well sampling for PFAS.
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality will be on site at Roland-Grise Middle School, 4412 Lake Ave. in Wilmington on Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. Officials will share information about private well sampling underway for PFAs contamination in New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties.
Staff will also be available to answer questions about the process and about securing alternative water supplies. Speakers can sign up upon arrival to the meeting.
At DEQ’s direction under a consent order signed in 2019 and amended in 2020, Chemours is required to provide alternate water supplies to residents whose wells exceed specific action levels. Third-party Parsons Environment and Infrastructure has been hired to sample for PFAS contamination in eligible private drinking water wells downstream of the Fayetteville Works Facility.
There are three ways a resident can qualify for replacement water supplies:
- On June 15, 2022, EPA released a final health advisory level of 10ppt for GenX. This will replace the state’s provisional drinking water health goal of 140 ppt developed by NCDHHS in 2018. Affected residents are eligible for a granular activated carbon (GAC) system, municipal water or reverse osmosis units for each sink in the house.
- At or above 70 ppt combined levels of PFAS compounds qualifies affected resident for three under-sink reverse osmosis (RO) systems.
- At or above 10 ppt for an individual PFAS compound qualifies affected resident for three under-sink reverse osmosis (RO) systems.
To have a well sampled, call Chemours at 910-678-1100. Messages are monitored Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Chemours should respond within 24 to 48 hours, starting on the next business day.
Chemours is also sending letters to well owners/residents requesting information about primary drinking water sources and offering sampling.
Email tips or concerns to [email protected].
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