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Tag Archives: NCDEQ
  • Riverkeeper Report: Maple Creek cloudiness under investigation

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 19, 2023

    Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell was out in…


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  • Update: Ongoing pollution of Nahunta Swamp

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 12, 2023

    Evidence of ongoing pollution means Riverkeepers continue to pursue their investigation of a Wayne County hog operation. Despite assurances by…


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  • High levels of nutrients, bacteria found in water at CAFO spill site

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 22, 2022

    Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop takes a water sample at the Wayne County site where a…


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  • Neuse River of the Year: Sound Rivers comments

    Posted by Heather Deck on October 18, 2022

    Sound Rivers Executive Director Heather Deck speaks at EPA Administrator Michael Regan looks on at the Neuse River of…


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  • Wayne Co. toxic spill exposes lack of NCDEQ transparency

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 7, 2022


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  • NCDEQ confirms presence of cyanobacteria at popular kayaking spot

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 13, 2022

    North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has confirmed that the organisms found at Robertson Millpond last week are cyanobacteria, which can produce…


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  • It’s law: you can’t just cut down waterfront trees

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 13, 2022

    This week, the Town of Washington Park, just east of Washington, reported to North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and the…


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  • Sound Rivers weighs in on DEQ biogas permit hearing

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 16, 2021

    On Tuesday night, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality held a virtual public meeting to hear from the public on the anaerobic digester general permits, since the agency has…


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  • Riverkeeper spotlight: investigating Aurora spill report

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 9, 2021

    Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell has been out in the field investigating a report of a sewage spill in Aurora, very close to South Creek, over Thanksgiving. “I went out to…


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  • 2014 NC law prevents transparency in water-quality investigation

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 20, 2021

    An IDEXX tray maxes out with E. coli numbers in a water sample taken from a stream…


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