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Tag Archives: clean water
  • 9,000-gallon sewage spill in the Town of Smithfield

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 17, 2021

    SMITHFIELD – Johnston County Public Utilities reported a 9,000-gallon sewage spill in the Town of Smithfield, according to the Johnston County Report. The spill occurred Tuesday in the…


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  • Riverkeeper, environmental projects coordinator to take part in grand opening of new Greenville museum

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 16, 2021

    The…


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  • Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper: Legislators must seal the deal on flood prevention, mitigation

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 16, 2021

    This week in 2018, a category 1…


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  • Swim Guide sampling bottles to find new life — as art

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 16, 2021

    Not all facilities can easily recycle some kinds of plastic, and that’s how Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell found a place to repurpose…


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  • Splash for Trash river cleanup

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 31, 2021

    We’re partnering again with the Greenville Noon Rotary Club for the 3rd-annual “Splash for Trash.” This Tar River cleanup is a community service project created by Greenville Rotary to…


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  • Swim Guide launch this week!

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 27, 2021

    Swim Guide returns with Memorial Day weekend and summer days ahead! Sound Rivers is launching a fourth year of the public service alerting…


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  • Join our team! We’re looking for a Communications Director

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 31, 2020

    Job Posting Closed: We are no longer accepting applications We’re hiring for the position of Communications Director. Sound Rivers has a long tradition of clean water advocacy, protecting…


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  • Landfill Concerns Prompt Riverkeeper Investigation

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 27, 2020

    A few weeks ago, concerned residents of Kittrell, North Carolina…


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  • Post-Hurricane Isaias Sampling Results on the Tar-Pam

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 6, 2020

    The storm caused river levels to rise, but well below flood stage on the Tar. The Pamlico hit minor flood stage briefly Monday evening. River levels will continue to…


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  • Stormwater Improvement Project Underway at Havelock High School

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 4, 2020

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stormwater Improvement Project Underway at Havelock High School Craven County Schools Havelock High School 101 Webb Blvd. Havelock, NC 28532


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  • NC Attorney General Funds Sound Rivers Campus Stormwater Program

    Posted by Heather Deck on March 19, 2020

    In a press…


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  • Sound Rivers joins lawsuit over loss of clean water protections

    Posted by Heather Deck on February 18, 2020

    Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Trump administration today for eliminating longstanding Clean Water Act protections for the nation’s waters, including approximately half of all…


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  • Now Hiring Summer Interns

    Posted by Heather Deck on February 13, 2020

    Sound Rivers is seeking a full-time intern who will work with a Riverkeeper coordinating volunteers, and collecting and analyzing water quality samples for the summer of 2020. This experience…


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  • EPA Announces rule that attacks clean water protections

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 23, 2020

    Despite opposition from thousands of North Carolina residents, and strong  comments opposing the weakening changes by NC Attorney General…


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  • NC Settlement Results in Largest Coal Ash Cleanup in America

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 3, 2020

    Upper Neuse Riverkeeper, Matthew Starr, takes a water sample near the HF Lee facility in Goldsboro following Hurricane…


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