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15871
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Since 1984, Clean Water for North Carolina has built alliances with disadvantaged communities, which lack the power and influence of lobbyists and lawmakers. Their latest concern: fracking and its economic, social, and environmental costs.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 3, Jan 2012,
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19366
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North Carolina's Sea Grant Program is starting the 1990s off with a bang. Research projects will be solving water quality problems, developing new seafood products, discovery why fish stocks fluctuate, and building aquaculture into a successful enterprise in the state.
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24489
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In the 1980s, only 500 people lived in Rolesville, North Carolina, but by 2004, the population had doubled in size. Much of this growth is due to Raleigh’s explosive expansion in the 1990s as well as the establishment of a comprehensive water and sewer system for northeastern Wake County in the 1990s. The system opened northeast Wake County—Rolesville in particular—to residential development, but residents still hold onto their small town’s history.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 11, November 2015,
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24818
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Barbra Doll, a water protection and restoration specialist, has developed a new technique for filtering sediments and nutrients from runoff. This technique, called regenerative stormwater conveyance has already been applied at some locations and a video demonstration is available. The demonstration was conducted at a family farm in Randolph County.
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25091
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Citizen collected research is not an uncommon occurrence. Those people helping to collect data on water quality speak about what they learn from both the project and each other. In addition, the pros and cons of participatory research are discussed.
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25096
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Francois Birgand has developed a new technique using UV-Vis spectrometers that are made to detect water quality. This new method will hopefully help Birgand get a more accurate representation of nutrient fluxes in marshes.
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25116
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Coley Hughes is attempting to use fish ear bones to determine where a fish has gone and what tributaries provide the best environment for the fish. She does this by examining the chemical signatures in the fish’s ear bones.
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25251
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Matt Tirman explains the benefits of using a decentralized wastewater treatment system over a centralized wastewater treatment system.
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25254
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Brian Buzby presents an overview of the findings of the water quality standards revisions and what that means inspections will include.
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25260
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Barrett Lasater explains what the Source Water Assessment Program is, what it is designed to do, and what the next steps for the program are.
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25291
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The Pamlico-Tar River Foundation explains its water quality monitoring program that is due to start in Pitt County. In addition, the foundation explains why volunteers are needed and how to become a volunteer.
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25759
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For more than a decade, The Department of Human Resources’ wastewater treatment plant at Butner has dumped polluted water into a tributary of Falls Lake– Raleigh’s drinking water supply which the department is pledged to protect.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 5 Issue 17, September 10-23 1987,
p1, 5-10, por, map
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13.CP and L Asks Ease of Hot Water Rule by Not Given Friend O’ Wildlife Vol. 16 Issue 2, Spring 1973
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25930
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Carolina Power and Light Co. have recently asked North Carolina to discharge water into a reservoir that is considered hotter than normally allowed for discharge. The water, to be discharged in the lake at the $1.1 billion Wake County nuclear power plant facility, would raise the temperature more than 30 degree, 25 degrees above what is allowed by the State. State biologists however, are concerned about the affect of the thermal discharges on plant and animal life in the reservoir.
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26130
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Hans Paerl and Rick Leuttich, Carolina marine scientists, are concerned about fish kills and algal blooms in the Neuse River because they may be a sign of declining water quality. Their new monitoring project is confirming that the health of fish is influenced by nitrogen loading, oxygen levels, and water circulation patterns.
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26134
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Tubercles are iron and manganese deposits that build up in pipes and encourage bacterial growth. Researchers are studying how tubercles affect water utilities and put water quality at risk.
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