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Rural water utilities in North Carolina are still reeling from Helene

NC Health News

The landscape along the creeks and mountainsides has been forever changed. Everyone has had to adjust to these changes and more, even as they’ve dealt with similar problems at home. Darlene Butler, the town manager of Spruce Pine, has had to ask residents to conserve water while crews scramble to erect a temporary treatment plant.