WILLARD, NC (WWAY) — Residents in western Pender County are continuing their years-long push for access to clean drinking water as one county commissioner prepares to travel to Raleigh next week to seek state support for expanding water infrastructure.
For Cheryl Highsmith, the need is evident every time she turns on the tap.
A strong rotten egg smell, rust-stained sinks and faucets, and black water collecting in her toilets have become a normal part of life at her home, where she has relied on well water for decades…