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CONTAMINANT SOURCES & SITES, PFAS, 1,4 DIOXANE, VOCs, PTRWA/RANDLEMAN LAKE, SEABOARD/HIGH POINT LANDFILL, WATER QUALITYGuilford County’s long relationship with 1,4-Dioxane spans 30 years
Read more: Guilford County’s long relationship with 1,4-Dioxane spans 30 yearsThe 2016 article from the Greensboro News & Record provides a comprehensive timeline of Jamestown, North Carolina’s 30-year struggle with contaminants, notably 1,4 Dioxane. Taft Wireback’s reporting delivers in-depth insights. The article also references the “dioxane tree orchard” visible on Google Maps’ satellite imagery.
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Shortcut: Link to 1990s Public Comments re the creation of Randleman lake as a Water Supply
Read more: Shortcut: Link to 1990s Public Comments re the creation of Randleman lake as a Water SupplyThe 1990s saw much public concern about the idea of damming Deep River, an industrial discharge waterdump for decades, in order to create a drinking water source for Guilford County. Environmentalists, engineers, doctors and private citizens expressed grave concerns about the effect of decades of contaminants from Eastside WWTP, Seaboard Chemical, High Point Landfill and…
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CONTAMINANT SOURCES & SITES, LANDFILLS, PFAS, 1,4 DIOXANE, VOCs, PTRWA/RANDLEMAN LAKE, SEABOARD/HIGH POINT LANDFILLNew Docs provide deeper dive into VOCs & 1,4-Dioxane contaminants at defunct Seaboard Site in Jamestown, NC
Read more: New Docs provide deeper dive into VOCs & 1,4-Dioxane contaminants at defunct Seaboard Site in Jamestown, NCSeaboard Chemical, an abandoned Superfund Site at 5899 Riverdale Drive in Jamestown, continues to leak hazardous substances into the groundwater, including 1,4-Dioxane and chlorinated volatile organic compounds. Despite a remedial action settlement in 2008, contaminants are still migrating towards Randleman Lake. Reports and inspections have highlighted the extent of contamination, but action to address the…
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2020 Randleman Watershed BUFFER Rules 15A NCAC 02B.0724, .0610, .0611, .0612: protection & maintenance requirements of local governments
Read more: 2020 Randleman Watershed BUFFER Rules 15A NCAC 02B.0724, .0610, .0611, .0612: protection & maintenance requirements of local governmentsThe purposes of Randleman Watershed Rule 15A NCAC 02B.0724 SHALL be for the local governments listed in this Rule, and in certain cases stated in this Rule the Division, to maintain and protect existing riparian buffers throughout the Randleman Lake watershed as generally described in this Rule, in order to maintain their nutrient removal and…
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2020 Randleman Watershed Rules: BACKGROUND, STORMWATER and how High Point updated its ordinance with the Rules
Read more: 2020 Randleman Watershed Rules: BACKGROUND, STORMWATER and how High Point updated its ordinance with the RulesALL of JAMESTOWN is in the RANDLEMAN WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED, CRITICAL or PROTECTED. There are four major WOTUS Class IV drinking water supply streams/rivers in Jamestown’s Randleman Lake Drinking Water Supply Watershed: Long Branch, Bull Run, Deep River and Richland Creek.
