Press Releases

State officials with N.C. Division of Coastal Management are making available more than $115,000 in grant funding for marinas to install, repair and renovate sewage pump-out stations. The funding was received from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and will ensure that boaters have a safe, convenient and effective method to dispose of onboard sewage. The funds are also used to support boater education programs.

Officials with the N.C. Division of Water Resources are reminding people to avoid contact with an algal bloom that continues to develop in Fontana Lake.

State officials today released their first results of water quality samples and an updated preliminary health assessment for concentrations of the unregulated compound GenX in finished, or treated, drinking water.

Officials with the N.C. Division of Water Resources will host two public hearings to obtain community feedback on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC’s application for a state water quality certification and buffer authorization as required by the federal Clean Water Act and state riparian buffer rules.

Officials with the N.C. Division of Water Resources will host two public hearings to obtain community feedback on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC’s application for a state water quality certification and buffer authorization as required by the federal Clean Water Act and state riparian buffer rules.

RALEIGH – Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality on Wednesday confirmed additional sources of the chemical GenX at the Chemours industrial complex have been stopped to prevent the unregulated compound from discharging to the Cape Fear River.  

DEQ Secretary Michael Regan is directing a state panel to provide science-based guidance that can be used to address the recently announced performance standard for chromium in groundwater.

RALEIGH – The Oriental Public Docks marina and the Port City marina in Wilmington are the newest facilities to be certified as North Carolina Clean Marinas, a designation given to marinas that exceed minimum regulatory requirements.

RALEIGH – Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality have established health-protective performance standards for the water filtration systems to be installed in eligible homes near Duke Energy’s 14 coal ash facilities.

RALEIGH – Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality confirmed Friday that water quality in Pott Creek and South Fork Catawba River near Lincolnton is returning to normal conditions after last week’s 200,000-gallon manure spill into the waterway.