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To try to comply with state water quality requirements, the company has a creative, if dubious solution.
A proposed deal between Alcoa and the NC Department of Environmental Quality would allow the company to increase the amount of cyanide it discharges into Badin Lake, a popular fishing and swimming destination and a drinking water supply in Stanly County.
DEQ has not yet approved the proposal, called a Special Order by Consent. Based on a review of more than 300 public comments, the agency is “looking at all options,” DEQ spokeswoman Anna Gurney said.
The proposal also covers fluoride that would be discharged into the lake.
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Davidson County native reflects on more than a decade of parks and recreation advocacy
Stepping down from TRIP does not mean stepping back from advocating for progress for Davidson County, said Edgar Miller
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Abbotts Creek, High Rock Lake and Boone s Cave Park called out to Edgar Miller when he was a young boy looking for adventures and recreation in Davidson County.
The Eagle Scout swam and waterskied at High Rock Lake and camped with his Boy Scout Troop at the little forested knoll in the median strip south of Old Highway 64. Its destruction years later to make way for Interstate 85 transformed Miller s mindset, making him into the environmental activist he became as an adult when he saw how quickly the beauty of nature can be mowed over and wiped out in the name of progress.