As we celebrate World Water Day, join us for an expert panel discussion followed by an audience Q&A on current status and efforts made to address the upstream threats of PFAS and 1,4-dioxane pollution within our waterways and how this impacts us locally. 

Guest Speakers:

Emily Donovan, co-founder of Clean Cape Fear

Emily will present an impacted community perspective on how PFAS contamination affects our daily lives; as well as, explain Clean Cape Fear's efforts to successfully secure first ever federal drinking water standards for PFAS--including GenX.

Ken Waldrop, Executive Director of Cape Fear Public Utility Authority

Ken will give an update on the work CFPUA is doing to address PFAS and 1,4-dioxane pollution in Wilmington's tap water; as well as, explain the cost benefits to local public water users when pollution and waste is better controlled upstream at the source. 

Jeffrey Enders, PhD, Senior Research Scholar & Research Assistant Professor at NC State University

Jeffrey will explain how PFAS accumulates in "foam blooms" along our local waterways and present new results of PFAS contamination found in sea foam samples taken along local beaches.

Hannah M. Nelson, Staff Attorney at Southern Environmental Law Center

Hannah will explain efforts SELC has taken at the state level to demand better PFAS and 1,4-dioxane source control solutions from our regulators and upstream polluters; as well as, discuss policy challenges currently threatening our access to healthy waterways.