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So my wife and I are considering moving to Wilmington. Just to clarify, we lived there briefly for about 1 year for work, and then had to leave due to further work changes. We really enjoyed living there, despite the growing traffic and other issues. However, what I was not familiar with at the time, was this "GENX" water issue. It seems outrageous. Can anyone comment on this, on any level? We would like to start a family here but this idea that there's chemicals floating around that are 900x the state level is terrifying.
You're really going to have to do your own research and make your own decision. The article you linked to is primarily discussing past conditions. Chemours has halted the placement of Genx into the river. Some traces of it continue to show up due to the presence in groundwater around the plant and air emissions.
"Two years ago, the levels of GenX and other toxic chemicals were estimated to be about 130,000 parts per trillion. Currently, levels of GenX in the river are measuring at 150 parts per trillion, Flechtner said.
"Because of some of our work at our plant, we’re reducing that to about 60 parts per trillion in the finished water. So levels are down considerable. They have never have been that high to begin with, but the good news is we’ve been able to bring them down,” he said."
Yes, the water is polluted over the Cape Fear river basin with Dupont factory chemicals (genX one of them).
Nobody can say exactly how it already impacted / will impact the health of local people.
But definitely don't drink the tap water, install reverse osmosis filter or use bottled water from local delivery companies.
I have read about other chemicals in the rivers too. It's not just GenX. Google "Pittsboro water". Pittsboro is a small town about 70 miles northwest of Wilmington on the Haw River. The Haw flows downstream into the Cape Fear so everything that is in the Haw and Jordan Lake is going down to Wilmington and the Cape Fear.
I have read about other chemicals in the rivers too. It's not just GenX. Google "Pittsboro water". Pittsboro is a small town about 70 miles northwest of Wilmington on the Haw River. The Haw flows downstream into the Cape Fear so everything that is in the Haw and Jordan Lake is going down to Wilmington and the Cape Fear.
Actually, Pittsboro is almost 160 miles from Wilmington.
Yes, you are certainly right! Not sure what I was typing. Maybe I missed the leading 1?? Or maybe my brain was just fried.
Anyway, the point still stands that all the stuff that flows into the Haw, into Jordan Lake and into the Deep River, is then going on into the Cape Fear and downstream to Wilmington.
Anyway, the point still stands that all the stuff that flows into the Haw, into Jordan Lake and into the Deep River, is then going on into the Cape Fear and downstream to Wilmington.
Which affects many other communities besides Wilmington. Really, most every city has some issue with nasties in their water.
I didn't say you did say "every city" — just said that Chapel Hill has pretty good water; Pittsboro not so much. Cities that draw their water from big rivers, like Wilmington and Pittsboro, are going to have more trouble with contaminants. A city on the end of the line, like Wilmington, is especially vulnerable to upstream contaminants.
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