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Union County public-health director reports elevated arsenic, manganese in private wells; ARPA pilot funded 8 repairs
Summary
Union County Environmental Health reported elevated arsenic and manganese in private wells across the county, detailed permitting and sampling processes, and summarized a $200,000 ARPA-funded pilot that approved 11 applicants and moved 8 toward repair or replacement (per- property cap $30,000).
Tracy Collie, Union County public-health director, provided a detailed briefing on the county’s private drinking-water well program, water-quality sampling results and a pilot well rehabilitation program funded with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money.
Collie said local enforcement of private-well construction and sampling is governed by North Carolina general statute and state rules that set construction standards, permitting and required sampling for new wells. Union County also enforces a local irrigation-well ordinance that applies across municipal boundaries. Collie described the permitting workflow (application, site visit, desk research for nearby contamination sources, permit issuance, construction inspections, chlorination and recommended sampling) and said the local health department issues a certificate of completion after construction…
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