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Inside Climate News N.C. Health Officials Issue Guidelines for Thousands of Potentially Flooded Private Wells Kelsey Pieper, now an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University, was one of the researchers.
Climate-driven flooding poses well water contamination risks “Areas that hadn’t been impacted are now. New areas are getting flooded,” said Kelsey Pieper, a Northeastern University professor of environmental engineering. “We know the environment is shifting and we’re playing catch-up, trying to increase awareness.”