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The tallest structure in Maysville, a landmark to nudge visitors from US Highway 17 to Main Street, is the water tower that provided 70,000 gallons of water daily to the Jones County town. 4 years ago, Lee Ferguson sampled the drinking water.
“We were caught off guard,” Ferguson, a Duke University scientist, said at a roundtable discussion with local, state and federal officials in Maysville. “We didn’t expect to see it here.” Maysville’s drinking water, sourced from the Castle Hayne aquifer, contained PFAS: 13 types totaling 334 parts per trillion.
EPA administrator, Michael Regan, visited Maysville to announce the Biden administration is immediately allocating $2 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in their public drinking water supplies.