Residents Urge State to Deny Wake County Town’s Request to Pull Water From the Cape Fear River

Residents Urge State to Deny Wake County Town’s Request to Pull Water From the Cape Fear River

People from Fayetteville to Wilmington turned out to tell the state not to let Fuquay-Varina put Cape Fear River into the Neuse River

Opponents say river water transfer puts Cape Fear in peril

Aerial view of part of the Cape Fear River. Photo: Cape Fear River Watch A Piedmont town’s request to permanently pull millions of gallons of water a day from the Cape Fear River would raise the risk of water shortages during periods of drought, undercut utilities’ ability to keep up with growing demand, and result in higher levels of contamination in the raw drinking water source for downstream communities, opponents of the plan say. Of the doz…