Chemours Pilot Program Targets PFAS-Contaminated Wells
Feb. 23, 2022
As part of the pilot program, Chemours is reaching out to homeowners to decide whether they qualify to have their homes connected to public water lines owned by the Fayetteville Public Works Commission.
A new pilot program from Chemours that connects homeowners with PFAS-contaminated wells to public water may provide relief to some Cumberland, Robeson and Bladen County, N.C., homeowners, according to an article from North Carolina Health News. Others reportedly will continue to rely on filtration systems provided by Chemours under a 2019 consent order that the company entered into with the state Department of Environmental Quality and the environmental group, Cape Fear River Watch.
Nearly five years ago, the public learned about high concentrations of PFAS in the Cape River downstream from a Chemours plant, according to the article. Other PFAS substances from the plant were reportedly blowing in the wind or falling with the rain and contaminating private drinking wells as far as 17 miles away. Chemours has been providing potentially affected homeowners with either bottled water, under-the-sink reverse osmosis filtration systems or whole-house granular activated carbon systems. According to the article, the company has thus far identified more than 100 wells that could be connected to public utilities.
