Source: Tim Buckland, WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS, 8/15/18

The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) may move to spend $46 million to upgrade the Sweeney Water Treatment Plant to filter -- as much as possible -- contaminants like GenX and other material that the Wilmington plant can’t filter from water drawn from the Cape Fear River. “The question we need to answer is ... should we do more to protect the health of our current and future customers?”

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