An environmental group is asking the North Carolina Dept. of Environmental Quality to address ongoing wastewater pollution flowing into the Haw River.
The Saxapahaw wastewater treatment plan in Alamance County has been discharging high levels of fecal bacteria into the Haw River for months, according to a statement released Friday by Haw River Assembly.
During water quality sampling conducted since the beginning of 2026, Haw River Assembly detected E. coli levels that are more than 12 times greater than levels deemed safe by Open Water Data in the plant’s discharge. Some samples were brown in color, carried a foul odor and contained floating solid material, according to Haw River Assembly…