Rocco Plant Has NC’s Highest PFAS in Drinking Water

A glass of murky brown water being filled from a faucet, with a landfill and PFAS warning sign in the background.

CLIFF NOTES Robeson County supplies drinking water with unsafe PFAS levels to 66,000 people. The Rocco Plant has the highest PFAS levels in treated water in North Carolina. A nearby county-run landfill likely causes the contamination by leaking PFAS. Every home tested near the plant had PFAS levels above EPA limits. SELC plans to sue … Read more