CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — Three current and former Pee Dee industrial sites dumped carcinogens that flowed downstream into the Waccamaw River and Intracoastal Waterway, a newly filed lawsuit claims.
The Grand Strand Water and Sewer Authority said in a Thursday lawsuit it discovered the presence of pollutants including PFAS, PFOA and GenX chemicals on a turf farm where its building a treatment plant to serve Socastee and southern Horry County,
“Defendants’ PFAS contaminate (authority) water sources at concentrations exceeding what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency deems unsafe for consumption, and conventional water treatment processes cannot remove them,” the 38-page complaint says.
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Grand Strand Water and Sewer Authority names Burlington Industries, Fiber Industries and Sonoco Products Company as defendants…