Title: The CFPUA Experience.

Speaker: Kenneth Waldroup, Executive Director of Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA)

Description: Ken will provide an introduction to the water and wastewater sector and CFPUA’s place in that industry while navigating a six-year period of discovery, turmoil, and solutions surrounding GenX and the larger family of PFAS chemicals contaminating the Cape Fear River. The presentation will be part history lesson and part engineering lesson, with a healthy dose of public policy conversation.

Bio: Kenneth Waldroup is Executive Director of Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA), the primary drinking water and wastewater provider in Wilmington and New Hanover County. Ken has more than 30 years of experience in the water industry, is a licensed professional engineer, and holds a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from N.C. State University and a master’s in public administration from N.C. Central University. He is a former member of the N.C. Environmental Management Commission and has volunteered in water sector trade and professional organizations for most of his career. Ken and his wife Evelyn live in downtown Wilmington, where they enjoy sharing the vibrant food, entertainment, cultural offerings with their two adult daughters and visiting family and friends.