Fuquay-Varina is requesting to transfer 6.17 million gallons of water per day from the Cape Fear River basin. Concerns include worsening pollution, reduced water levels for recreation, and potential ...

Fuquay-Varina is requesting to transfer water from the Cape Fear River basin to meet its future water demands. Nearly all speakers at a public hearing, including officials and residents, opposed the ...

Water used by hundreds of thousands of residents in southeastern North Carolina could soon be affected by a decision made far upstream, as state regulators consider a request to ...

Fuquay-Varina wants to draw up to 6 million gallons of water per day from the Cape Fear River to support its growing population. The town proposes to discharge the resulting wastewater into the Neuse ...

On Tuesday, people weighed in on Fuquay-Varina's plan to take millions of gallons of water per day from the Cape Fear River to support ongoing growth in the town. According to plans proposed by the ...

Fuquay-Varina is requesting to transfer millions of gallons of water daily from the Cape Fear River basin to the Neuse River basin. Cumberland County and Fayetteville officials oppose the transfer, ...

As the ongoing drought and population growth combine to wring gallon after gallon from the Cape Fear River, officials gathered Monday to discuss the river basin's future. As the ongoing drought and ...

A law regulating the transfer of water between river basins was meant to help places like Cumberland County. Cities downstream of the Cape Fear River historically could only stand by while ...

Nearly 200 public officials and some residents packed the Cumberland Hall Auditorium at Fayetteville Technical Community College on Dec. 4 in the first public hearing on Fuquay-Varina's request to ...