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Testing conducted by local conservation organization MountainTrue has confirmed that cattle and faulty or inadequate sewer, septic or water treatment infrastructure are the major sources of E. coli pollution in the French Broad River. Read Story »
Tags: water quality | water issues | Mud Creek
Halfway Tree mobile home park residents are getting closer to having longstanding sewer problems behind them, although wet conditions and soil problems have delayed a new sewer line by months. Read Story »
Five sites in the Green River Basin showed water quality levels below EPA standards, tests conducted by the Green Riverkeeper showed. Read Story »
Tags: Green River | water quality
A bill that passed last week in the state Legislature sets aside money to clean up pollution spills and allocates $100,000 to MountainTrue's water quality testing on the French Broad, as well as other rivers and streams in Western North Carolina, state Sen. Chuck Edwards announced. Read Story »
Tags: water quality | MountainTrue | pollution
The Hendersonville water department and the Hendersonville Police Department are seeking the public’s help in keeping watch over fire hydrants in the Etowah area. Read Story »
Tags: water quality | water system
Heavy rainfall caused some 20,000 gallons of untreated wastewater to spill out of a manhole off Pinehurst Drive in the Windsor Hills neighborhood off North Main Street on Sunday morning, the city of Hendersonville reported. Read Story »
Tags: water quality | floods | pollution | sewer systems
The Halfway Tree Mobile Home Park, which has been fined by state water quality regulators for surface water pollution, could change hands and have its septic problems solved. Read Story »
Tags: water quality | sewer systems | Halfway Tree Mobile Home Park
FLAT ROCK — When David Dethero and Bill Walker stroll in their park-like yards, they tend to talk about things like rare wild azaleas, the chestnut paneling in a cabin on Walker’s property and the constant war on vines and other invasive plants that advance into their yards. Read Story »
Tags: water quality | water issues | Halfway Tree Mobile Home Park
You don't want to miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Lightning | water quality | pollution | sewer systems
Tags: water quality | French Broad River | Mud Creek | rivers | Clear Creek
Tags: water quality | water issues | water system | Hendersonville water system
The city of Hendersonvillehas hired a new Environmental Services Coordinator to replace the water department official who plans to take a year off to travel. Read Story »
Tags: water quality | pollution | wastewater treatment | sewer systems | Lee Smith
Tags: water quality | water issues | 2017 water war
State Rep. Chuck McGrady, the go-to specialist on environmental legislation in the state House, has been appointed to co-chair of a commission that will look into an industrial plant's discharge of the chemical GenX into the Cape Fear River in Bladen County. Read Story »
Tags: Chuck McGrady | water quality
LAUREL PARK — Laurel Park officials plan to redouble efforts to detect leaks and replace bad pipes and valves and old meters in the aftermath of a water loss rate of just under 30 percent last year. Read Story »
Tags: Laurel Park | water quality | water issues
State Sen. Tom Apodca has turned into one of the strongest voices in his party calling for immediate action to eliminate the threat of coal ash ponds to North Carolina rivers. Read Story »
Tags: NC Sen. Tom Apodaca | environment | water quality | water issues | 2014 state Senate race
Dana residents whose wells were found to be contaminated with a farm chemical can learn more about tapping onto a city water line during a community meeting on Thursday, Feb. 20. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville City Council | water quality | water issues | Dana contaminated wells
After a coal ash spill into the Dan River posed a threat to drinking water supplies, state Sen. Tom Apodaca asked a joint environmental committee to look into all coal ash ponds in the state. Read Story »
Tags: NC Sen. Tom Apodaca | environment | water quality | water issues
The Environmental and Conservation Organization of Hendersonville, Asheville GreenWorks, RiverLink and the Western North Carolina Alliance (WNCA) will hold a multi-county stream cleanup event in conjunction with NC Big Sweep on Saturday, Sept. 21. It's the first time the environmental organizations have joined together to make a regional event. Read Story »
Tags: environment | Environmental & Conservation Organization | water quality | water issues | French Broad River
The Land-of-Sky Regional Council presented "Friends of the River" Awards during the 36th annual "Friends of the River" Dinner in Asheville. Read Story »
Tags: Sierra Nevada | environment | water quality | water issues | breweries | French Broad River | Barbara Volk | Dr. Jim Volk
The city of Hendersonville said it may have inadvertently caused the pollution that killed fish in Britain Creek at Patton Park. Read Story »
Tags: hendersonville | water quality | water issues
ECO, the Environmental and Conservation Organization, will present a water quality interest meeting at Jongo Java, 117 S. Main St., from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30. Read Story »
Tags: ECO | water quality | water issues