Tuesday, March 8, 2016

State rescinding ‘do not drink’ warnings for wells near Duke Energy coal-ash ponds

State officials are preparing to tell about 300 people who live near coal ash ponds at Duke Energy plants they can drink the water from their wells again. Dr. Randall Williams, the state public health director, says letters will go out this week to explain the state no longer thinks water from their wells is unsafe because of trace amounts of hexavalent chromium and vanadium found in tests. The decision to reverse the state’s recommendation that people not drink from their wells comes nearly…


from Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/energy/2016/03/state-rescinding-do-not-drink-warnings-for-wells.html

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