Upcoming Events 2/23/2012, 9:00am-5:00pm - Metropolitan Sewerage/Water System Committee hearing on Asheville Water System, WNC Ag Center, Fletcher (details)
March 20 and 27, 6:30-9:30 PM - Shale Gas Study Hearing (details)
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There are some great upcoming events and film showings in Pittsboro and Raleigh. See our Fracking Events page for more information!
“Mineral Rights Leases – What Landowners Should Know about Natural Gas Leasing”
Tuesday, July 19, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Chatham County Agricultural Center, 45 South St Pittsboro, NC 27312 (map)
(hosted by the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI-USA) and the Chatham County Cooperative Extension Service)
Contact: jordan@rafiusa.org
GASLAND
Tuesday, July 19, 7pm – 9pm
The Barn at Ferrington Village, 2000 Fearrington Village Center, Pittsboro, . . . → Read More: July Fracking Events
Today, Clean Water for North Carolina releases our new report, “Privatizing NC’s Water, Undermining Justice.” This 50-page report describes the growing trend of water privatization in North Carolina and the impacts private water and sewer companies are having on water affordability, customer service, and water quality (read the 2-page executive summary).
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New Duke University Study Shows Shale Gas at Hazardous Concentrations in Water Wells Near Fracking
A new study from Duke University, just released Monday, shows that wells close to active fracking operations in Pennsylvania and New York are contaminated with methane—and several lines of evidence say that it’s actually from the deep shales being fracked, NOT from shallower biologically produced methane. The closer the wells are to the active fracking location, the more likely the contamination is . . . → Read More: Fracking linked to water contamination in scientific study
Clean Water for NC wants you to have all the information you need to make sure your community has clean, safe, affordable drinking water. That’s why we’ve developed this easy-to-use guide! Just decide whether your water comes from a privately-owned water system, a publicly-owned water system, or a private well. Then fill in your local contact information!
Please feel free to share this resource with friends and neighbors. Feel free to contact CWFNC with specific concerns, . . . → Read More: Know your water rights
This photo (below, top) shows firsthand the devastation of natural gas “fracking” on one family’s property in southwestern Pennsylvania. Stephanie Halloway and her family did not sign a lease with gas companies, but they have been affected by the prior landowner’s decision, with well pads, impoundments, processing plants, compressor stations, roads and pipelines, all within 150-700 yds. of her home. Read more about her family.
Can you picture the same thing happening on the rural North Carolina farm (below, bottom)? Read on to take action and tell the Obama Administration, which is still actively supporting increased gas drilling, that studies must be completed before increased fracking can continue! Contact EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson (Jackson.lisap@epa.gov) and the White House today.
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Access to water has been defined by the United Nations as a basic human right, yet private companies are increasingly treating it as a good to be bought and sold at a profit. In North Carolina, private companies are aggressively buying small, rural water supply systems, and charging high prices although service and infrastructure don’t always improve, especially in marginalized and low-income communities.
With privatized water supplies, residents have less voice in governance of their systems, restricted access to information, and disproportionate costs. Clean Water for North Carolina is working to change state policies to protect consumers’ rights to safe – and AFFORDABLE – drinking water.
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This fall, Clean Water for NC staff members are out talking to communities across the state about their drinking water. So far, we’ve visited neighborhoods in Buncombe, Durham, Catawba and Lincoln counties. We’re hearing that many of you are concerned about the price and quality of your water, especially those on privatized water systems in rural areas.
You can join us as a canvass volunteer, invite the canvass to your neighborhood or just let CWFNC . . . → Read More: Water Justice Listening Canvass coming to communities across NC!
We held our Annual Meeting on Saturday, September 18 at Childrens Home in Winston-Salem. Thanks to all those who attended – members, volunteers, interns, Board and staff! Presentations on privatization of drinking water, county well programs, and protecting urban streams plus a preview of CWFNC’s upcoming water justice workshops were just a few of the highlights.
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