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34181
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Recent revisions to rules governing the kinds and concentration of wastes industries may discharge to publicly owned treatment works are expected to have significant impacts on some industrial users in North Carolina, particularly in the larger metropolitan areas. New regulations will bring more industrial dischargers into pretreatment programs, and prohibit septage dumping into sewer lines.
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34182
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According to the recently released United States Geological Survey, “National Water Summary 1987,” North Carolina withdrew about 7,880 million gallons per day of freshwater from surface- and ground-water sources in 1985. Summary results and statistics for the state’s water use are provided in this article.
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34183
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The United States Geological Survey recently released two reports on groundwater quality studies conducted at the United States Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. The studies were undertaken in response to the increasing water supply needs of the Air Station and the potential for contamination of the Castle Hayne aquifer by waste disposal and spills. A summary of the results is provided in this article.
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34184
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The rocks underlying the Blue Ridge and Piedmont provinces of North Carolina have the reputation of furnishing only small quantities of groundwater. According to a recent report by the United States Geological Survey, this impression is the result of the drilling of large numbers of low-yielding domestic wells without regard to geology, topography, and optimal construction.