Fayetteville PWC Monitoring For Dioxane

Fayetteville, N.C.- The Fayetteville Public Works Commission (PWC) was notified by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality of a significant discharge of 1,4 dioxane that occurred from a City of Asheboro wastewater treatment plant. Due to the 85 mile distance on the river between Asheboro and Fayetteville, the large amount of dilution that occurs between the two cities, and based on current Cape Fear River flows, the concentration of 1,4 dioxane was expected to be, and later confirmed with sampling, well below the EPA’s drinking water health advisory level of 35 parts per billion when it reached the PWC water intake on the Cape Fear River. The concern about 1,4 dioxane is related to lifetime exposure and any increased levels in the river were only expected be for a short duration.

PWC knows reports such as this may cause concern, and we want you to know the results of our monitoring test results for 1,4 Dioxane. As a precaution, PWC has increased monitoring for 1,4 dioxane using an independent third-party lab and has also taken proactive measures to prepare to use treated water from Glenville Lake, should conditions change. Every test for 1,4 dioxane since PWC was notified of the discharge has been below 1 part per billion, well below the EPA health advisory limits. Water customers are not expected to lose water service or pressure and there is no need to use an alternate source of water. PWC will notify customers if conditions change. To learn more about 1,4 dioxane, please visit: FayPWC.com/The-Facts-About-1-4-dioxane/