From Capacity Use to Coal Ash
Monday, June 6, 2016: 1:20 p.m.
Nat Wilson
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State of North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality Water Resources, Raleigh, NC
North Carolina is in the thick of administering a capacity use program in our coastal plain and is measuring some success. We maintain a statewide monitoring well network which helps us track overuse, drought and salt water encroachment concerns. We also are administering programs which require ground water monitoring for animal facilities, underground injection, non-discharge remediation, and NPDES permits. Coal ash site assessments and corrective action plans also come under our purview and are a hot topic. Lastly, we have a few ground water quality evaluations in progress which are examining background levels of contaminants to help us place coal ash and animal facilities in context.
Nat Wilson, State of North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality Water Resources, Raleigh, NC
Nat Wilson has worked with a few environmental agencies of North Carolina State Government since graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in geology from Middlebury College and with a Master’s degree in geology from the University of Oregon in 1986. Since 1989, he has worked with the Division of Water Resources.
Currently, he is chief of the Ground Water Management Branch which examines ground water resource issues throughout the State. In recent years the branch has concentrated on maintaining and developing the states’ ground water monitoring well network, providing access to and advice about ground water quantity and quality information via our web pages, and depicting drought impacts. They administer the Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area program which regulates water use through permitting in fifteen counties.
