Troubled Rivers
Division:
WRAL-TV
Locations:
Eastern North Carolina, Neuse River
Person:
Bill Leslie
Program Types:
Ongoing News Coverage, WRAL Documentaries
Community Program Type:
Save Our Sounds
Type:
Video
WRAL-TV News environmental reporter Bill Leslie traces the problem of river pollution from the Triangle to the coast. The Neuse River is 315 miles long and is impacted by industry that dumps wastes along its path that ends in the Pamlico Sound. This follow-up documentary to the first “Troubled Waters” won a regional Emmy award.