ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. -- Some residents in Robeson County will have to wait about five weeks to find out if their water is safe to drink. 

The county’s health department is working to take samples from up to 50 wells in neighborhoods close to the Chemours plant, testing for traces of GenX.

The plant, just outside of Fayetteville, first came under fire last summer for discharging the potentially dangerous contaminant into the Cape Fear River -- the same river that's a water source for some private wells in Robeson County. 

"It's pretty stressful, knowing that your kids could catch something because of this plant that just doesn't care," said private well owner Tavis Simpson. "They're just trying to make money. They don't even care about the community around them or anything." 

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has already found high levels of the chemical GenX in more than 100 private wells near the Chemours plant in Bladen and Cumberland counties.