Levels of 1,4 dioxane, an emerging contaminant that can cause cancer, doubled in raw water entering the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority’s Sweeney plant in Wilmington, according to testing conducted by the utility earlier this year. The utility draws its water from the Cape Fear River. Raw river water had concentrations of 1,4 dioxane at ...
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