Posted on 09.19.25

Environmental group, developer reach settlement in Durham sediment pollution case

Source: https://www.wunc.org/, September 17, 2025
By: Adam Wagner

A developer will enhance its sediment control measures and pay to conserve more than 60 acres of land in southeast Durham as part of a settlement with an environmental watchdog organization.

In September 2023, Sound Rivers sued Mungo Homes alleging that its construction of the 216-acre Sweetbrier development in southeast Durham was causing sediment pollution in Lick Creek. The Sweetbrier development borders a pair of tributaries to the creek, which had turned an orange color that some residents likened to tomato soup as it wound its way to Falls Lake. Read more.

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