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NC eases standards on drinking water near coal ash ponds

Months after telling the owners of hundreds of wells near coal ash ponds that their water was unsafe to drink, North Carolina public health and environmental officials are now telling them the water is fine.
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Months after telling the owners of hundreds of wells near coal ash ponds that their water was unsafe to drink, North Carolina public health and environmental officials are now telling them the water is fine.

Reporter : Laura Leslie
Photographer : Bill Herrero
Posted 2016-03-09T19:06:54-0500 - Updated 2016-03-09T19:06:54-0500