Answer and explanation:
Cape Fear River is formed in central North Carolina at the Chatham-Lee County line by the convergence of the Deep and Haw Rivers, flowing southeast and touching parts of Harnett, Cumberland, Bladen, Columbus, Pender, Brunswick, and New Hanover Counties before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear (part of Bald ...)
Currently, about 35 percent of streams in the Cape Fear basin are impaired, 18 percent are polluted, and 27 percent of estuaries are use-impaired. Those problems are due to reduced water quality caused by the presence of “non-water” contaminants in concentrations higher than are considered safe.