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TexasTowelie

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Wed Jun 26, 2019, 01:09 AM Jun 2019

Wake County notifying thousands about possibly unsafe drinking water in private wells. Uranium,

Wake County notifying thousands about possibly unsafe drinking water in private wells. Uranium, radon levels exceed limits.


RALEIGH — Wake County is notifying thousands of households on private wells that their drinking water may have unhealthy levels of radiological chemicals like uranium and radon.

An estimated one in five private wells in eastern Wake County may exceed safe drinking-water standards for some chemicals, officials said at a Monday news conference. They plan to notify 19,000 property owners by mail starting this week.

People don't need to panic, said Evan Kane, the county's groundwater protection and wells manager. The best next step is to get private well water tested, he said.

At least one household has 20 times the acceptable level of uranium in the water, Kane said.

Read more: https://www.greensboro.com/news/state/wake-county-notifying-thousands-about-possibly-unsafe-drinking-water-in/article_c774c112-ed27-51a6-8c84-98237ee31dbd.html

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Wake County notifying thousands about possibly unsafe drinking water in private wells. Uranium, (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
Hopefully it's isolated, caused by a deposit somewhere ... mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #1
 

mr_lebowski

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1. Hopefully it's isolated, caused by a deposit somewhere ...
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 01:14 AM
Jun 2019

Uranium being an element, and a naturally occurring substance.

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