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Residents urge action as county prepares PFAS funding applications; DEQ testing and filtration concerns raised
Summary
County staff told commissioners they intend to submit multiple emerging-contaminant (PFAS/PFOA) funding applications for Old Warsaw Road and Mince Highway areas; several Roseboro and Lakewood School Road residents urged faster action and said point-of-use filters have been costly and short-lived.
County staff told the Sampson County Board of Commissioners they plan to submit multiple state applications this spring to address emerging contaminants after state DEQ testing identified elevated PFAS/PFOA concentrations in several areas of the county.
During an update on county water projects David Ralph (Dewberry) said two priority projects identified for emerging-contaminant remediation are in the Old Warsaw Road and Mince Highway areas. He said the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) performed much of the testing that identified higher concentrations and that the state’s funding cycle for these projects was opening; DEQ representatives told county staff that applications would open that week and be due April 30, 2025. Ralph said the county will come to the board next month with resolutions to submit the…
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