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33459
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The Environmental Protection Agency is enforcing new standards for radionucleotides in response to requirements of the new Safe Drinking Water Act. Twenty-eight public and private water systems in North Carolina have been ordered to comply with radium standards. Research is being conducted on identification of radon in high-risk groundwater areas.
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33460
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A recent report by the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management shows much evidence that water quality across the state has improved substantially over the last two years. One of the major reasons for improvement is the intensive point-source pollution control effort launched in 1972. However, water quality concerns remain for coastal development, watershed protection, water toxicants, and eutrophication.
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33461
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The continuing resolution budget signed by President Reagan in October included a two-million-dollar appropriation to pay for the Randleman Dam project on the Deep River in Randolph and Guilford Counties. The project is being touted as the most cost-effective way to provide water for the counties.