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1,000 days

Time that hundreds of residents outside Charlotte, N.C., have been using bottled water to drink, cook and bathe to avoid contaminated well water.

Time that hundreds of residents outside Charlotte, N.C., have been using bottled water to drink, cook and bathe to avoid contaminated well water.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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