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Pender County to allocate $725,000 to install filtration at Hampstead-area wells after water-quality complaints
Summary
County staff recommended and the board approved moving $725,000 into a project fund to buy and install filtration units (Aldex-style resin media) at groundwater wells feeding the Hampstead area after persistent iron, manganese and taste-and-odor problems and elevated disinfection byproduct risks.
PENDER COUNTY, N.C. June 16, 2025 Pender County commissioners approved a $725,000 project fund allocation June 16 to purchase and install filtration units on several Hampstead-area groundwater wells, county staff said, following repeated "brown water" complaints and regulatory concerns about disinfection byproducts.
Background: County utilities staff told the board the water distribution system has relied in part on groundwater wells drilled in 2019-2020 to supplement surface water supplies. Those wells have shown elevated iron and manganese levels in raw water samples (presented test values ranged from about 0.86 mg/L to above 1.36 mg/L in some wells), higher than…
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