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The Division of Water Infrastructure will conduct its Fall 2025 Funding Application Training July 29 – Aug. 8 at six locations statewide*, including an Aug. 8 virtual option that will be recorded and posted on the Division’s website.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries today announced that the 2025 recreational flounder season will open in Coastal and Joint waters of the state Sept. 1 at 12:01 a.m. and close Sept. 14 at 11:59 p.m.

The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet in person in Raleigh and via teleconference (Webex) on Wednesday, July 16, from 9 am – 2:45 pm. The public may listen to the meeting online or by phone.

MOREHEAD CITY – State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming advisory at a sound-side site in Beaufort County.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Division of Marine Fisheries recently established a new state record for Bulleye (Cookeolus japonicus).

La División de Recursos Hídricos (DWR) del Departamento de Calidad Ambiental de Carolina del Norte (NCDEQ) celebrará una audiencia pública el 19 de agosto con el fin de recabar comentarios sobre el borrador de la renovación del permiso para el Badin Business Park, una antigua planta industrial de aluminio de Alcoa Inc. situada en Badin, en el condado de Stanly.

The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet in person in Raleigh and via teleconference (Webex) on Wednesday, July 16, from 9 am – 2:45 pm. The public may listen to the meeting online or by phone.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries will collect Red Snapper carcasses from recreational fishermen during the 2025 mini-season, held July 11-12. The carcasses will be used for research purposes.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) will hold a public hearing on Aug. 19 in order to accept public comments on the draft renewal water discharge permit for Badin Business Park, a former Alcoa Inc. aluminum industrial facility located in Badin in Stanly County.

MOREHEAD CITY – State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming advisory at a sound-side site in Carteret County.