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CFPUA Offers Assistance to Federal Employees During Shutdown

Federal employees affected by the federal government shutdown may obtain courtesy adjustments for late fees or request other financial arrangements regarding their CFPUA bills by contacting customer service.

“We recognize the situation that local...

Congratulations, Chemours; now please own up to your responsibilities

Chemours is “flourishing.” That’s the assessment of the company’s hometown newspaper, the News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware, which interviewed CEO Mark Vergnano.

Chemours has millions of dollars invested in North Carolina and employs hundreds of...

CFPUA Names Vaughn Hagerty as Public Information Officer

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is happy to announce that Vaughn Hagerty will be our new Public Information Officer, effective January 9, 2019.

A Wilmington resident since 2005, Vaughn has more than 25 years of news-media experience in a variety of role...

NCDEQ Extends Comment Period for Proposed Consent Order

CFPUA was pleased to see NCDEQ’s announcement, sent last Friday, that they are extending the comment period for their proposed consent order with Chemours. Also included in the announcement was a fact sheet addressing some of the concerns CFPUA has raised...

CFPUA Files Motion to Intervene

This afternoon, CFPUA filed a Motion to Intervene in the State of North Carolina’s lawsuit against Chemours. Last month, the State’s Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) announced it intends to settle this lawsuit with a proposed Consent Order that...

CFPUA Comments on Chemours Consent Order

CFPUA Comments on Chemours Consent Order

The proposed consent order between NCDEQ and Chemours is open for public comment. While CFPUA has previously expressed concerns about certain terms in the document, today we submitted our written comments to the sta...

CFPUA Comments on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Lock and Dam Disposition Study

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) has commented on the USACE disposition study regarding Lock and Dam Number 1 on the Cape Fear River. The surface water intake for utilities serving New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties is located above Lock...

CFPUA Submits Formal Comment on EPA Draft Toxicity Assessment for GenX, PFBS

Over the past several years, more than ten PFAS chemicals have regularly been detected in CFPUA’s raw and finished water. While PFAS contamination in drinking water is a national problem, the EPA has now released a draft toxicity assessment for t...

CFPUA Learns of Chemours Report on PFAS Levels in River

Yesterday afternoon, while reviewing the draft consent order released last week, CFPUA became aware of a September 2018 report, prepared for Chemours, that quantifies levels of PFAS in the Cape Fear River upstream and downstream of the Fayetteville Works ...

CFPUA Statement on Proposed Consent Order

CFPUA serves over 200,000 people in New Hanover County. Homes and businesses in our service area are affected by the damages caused by PFAS contamination downstream of Chemours’ Fayetteville Works facility. CFPUA staff has reviewed the proposed consent or...

CFPUA Reviewing Draft Consent Order Released by NCDEQ

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority was not part of any negotiation or discussion related to the draft consent order that NCDEQ released Wednesday.  As such, we are reviewing the document and will submit both technical and legal comments to NCDEQ ...

Most Recent GenX Results at the Sweeney Water Treatment Plant

CFPUA has received new GenX results for the Sweeney Water Treatment Plant from October 31, 2018. Levels of GenX in finished water continue to remain below the health goal of 140 parts per trillion established by the North Carolina Department of Health and...