Belmont residents still unable to drink tap water after coal ash spill.
BELMONT, N.C. – A sign was made because the area is on its 806th day of using bottled water, all because of a high-level toxic metal discovered in well-water.
Dozens of new homes are being built in his community.
Hundreds of people also drive by his house to get to Lake Wylie.
“I never had so many people stop in this yard and thank me,” Crawford said.
Duke Energy still claims coal ash basins aren’t impacting wells.
Crawford said he wants a solution, and to let people know the community is still left without one.
Duke Energy is being allowed to pass on the $55 million cost of cleaning up two polluted sites in Ohio to its customers.
The state supreme court said the Charlotte-based company can continue charging Ohio customers $1.67.
Right now, it doesn’t include Charlotte, but officials told Channel 9 they plan to ask for a rate hike in the Charlotte area, as well.