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Source of cancer -risk toxin in Cape Fea
River investigated I
Posted: Friday, April 10, 2015 10:30 am I Updated: 10:51 am, Fri Apr 10, 2015.
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By Andrew Barksdale Staff writer
LILLINGTON - Hughie White, a state environmental specialist, dipped the jar into the Cape
Fear River, holding it under the walnut -brown water until the bubbles stopped.
He filled two more amber -colored jars with samples that will be tested for the presence of a toxin
called 1,4-dioxane that flows through Fayetteville's treated drinking supplies.
A division of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources and N.C. State
University are doing concurrent studies along the river to try to pinpoint the source of the man-
made chemical, which cannot be removed from drinking water at conventional treatment plants.
The industrial chemical has been classified as likely to cause cancer in humans.
The Fayetteville Public Works Commission is not advising people to stop consuming its tap
water, and state officials say the risks of cancer increase only if people consume the tainted water
over a lifetime.
The chemical - commonly used in paint strippers, varnishes, dyes and greases - was first detected
in the PWC's treated water in 2013, when the federal Environmental Protection Agency began
requiring tests for it to gauge how prevalent it is the nation's water supplies.
On Tuesday, White and two of his coworkers with the state Division of Water Resources backed
up a gray Ford Expedition on the sloping boat ramp at Howard's Barbecue restaurant in
Lillington. They filled the jars and then put them in coolers on ice to be shipped to a state lab and
a commercial lab for analysis.
Belinda Henson, the regional supervisor for the Division of Water Resources in Fayetteville, said
she is glad to be part of the year -long study, which is scheduled to end in September.
"It's part of what we do for our division - doing studies," she said. "We look forward to the
results of the study."
For years, the state has used the Harnett County location, about 25 miles north of Fayetteville,
for routine river monitoring. Except for the riverbank eatery, there isn't much within sight of the
boat ramp. Nearby, traffic whizzes over two new highway bridges spanning the slow -moving
river.
Employees for the Division of Water Resources are taking monthly samples from 12 sites along
the Cape Fear River basin, between Guilford and Bladen counties. One site is at the PWC's P.O.
Hoffer plant off Ramsey Street, where the raw water is drawn from the river.
The state research is not alone. A consortium of 12 North Carolina urban water systems,
including Fayetteville's, last year paid for a $120,531 study of 1,4-dioxane led by Detlef Knappe,
an N.C. State University environmental engineering professor. He and his students are collecting
samples at 40 additional sites along the river. He plans to examine water treatment options for
plants and report his findings by summer 2016.
Knappe has theorized that some industry upstream from Fayetteville is sending its sewage
containing 1,4-dioxane to a municipal wastewater treatment plant. The contaminant is then
discharged into the river.
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The EPA has not set a guideline for 1,4-dixoane. It has been measured as high as 9.6 parts per
billion in PWC's treated water supply that goes to about 88,000 customers. The concentrations at
the Lillington boat ramp and the PWC Hoffer plant have been around 3 parts per billion for each
of the first three months of this year.
A sample taken near McLeansville, east of Greensboro, was 249 parts per billion in January and
5431 parts per billion in March.
A spokeswoman for the state Division of Water Resources, Susan Massengale, said staff would
begin preparing a final report after the sampling is finished in September, but she didn't say how
long that would take. The duration of the year -long study and the frequency of monitoring could
change, if needed this year, she said.
Staff writer Andrew Barksdale can be reached at.b-a-rk-s-d-a-l-e��c�bs-e-r-v-e-r-.-com- or 486-3565.
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Cindy Burnham
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Hughie White, an environmental specialist for the state Division of Water Resources, holds ajar
filled with water from the Cape Fear River at Howard's Barbecue boat ramp in Lillington on
Tuesday, April 7, 2015. The sample is to be tested for the chemical 1,4-dioxane, a toxin that can
pose a risk of cancer over a long period of time.
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