In NC hamlet, residents worry over coal ash ponds

By MICHAEL BIESECKERMITCH WEISS

Published June 17, 2014 2:45pm ET

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In NC hamlet, residents worry over coal ash ponds — In this April 25, 2014 photo, Bryant Gobble, left, hugs his wife, Sherry Gobble, right, as they look from their yard across an ash pond full of dead trees toward Duke Energy's Buck Steam Station in Dukeville, N.C. Records obtained by The Associated Press show that Duke and North Carolina environmental regulators have known since 2011 that groundwater samples taken from monitoring wells near several homes in Dukeville contained substances, some that can be toxic, exceeding state standards. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) | Chuck Burton

DUKEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The sweet tea served in the tidy kitchen of Joanne Thomas’ antebellum home comes with an ominous warning.

“It’s made with bottled water,” says Thomas, a spry 71-year-old. “But the ice comes from our well.”

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