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Jessica Owens holds up a baby bottle of water from her home in Flint, Mich., while attending a hearing on Capitol Hill about Flint’s water crisis (Photo Credit: Molly Riley / AP)
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Have you ever wondered if what happened in Flint, Michigan could happen to your household? Toxic lead is not the only contaminate that is prevalent today in our water. Agricultural runoff, wastewater, coal ash, PFAS, chemicals, plastics, radionuclide waste or sometimes even legal dumping are only a few pollutants that cause your water to be contaminated. Not all contaminated water looks dirty. In fact, your tap water could run crystal clear, but contain high levels of toxins. Voda is here to help. We want to know your story.
Duke Energy’s Settlement Results in the Country’s Largest Coal Ash Cleanup.
North Carolina residents are another group who fought for clean water. They took on Duke Energy, one of the nation’s largest electric power holding companies, for the contamination of their water from coal ash. On December 31, 2019 following eight years of battle, Duke Energy agreed to clean up nearly 80 million tons of coal ash out of unlined basins that were leaching toxins from the coal ash into the groundwater. Scientific communities declare coal ash is “incredibly dangerous” and harmful to human health. Many state regulators are calling the Duke Energy cleanup the largest of its type in U.S. history.
Reports say the excavation could take up to 17 years. Experts say the contaminated water will not return to normal until the year 2300.