Pig Waste Spill Floods North Carolina Waterway

Aerial view of pig waste spill flowing into Doctor’s Creek tributary in Duplin County.

A quiet weekend in North Carolina took a turn when over 80,000 gallons of pig waste flooded a waterway. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) estimates the spill at 84,000 gallons, pouring into a tributary of Doctor’s Creek in Duplin County. This creek feeds the Northeast Cape Fear River, part of the state’s … Read more