[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: Coupeville Naval Outlying Field (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy testing water well contamination near Coupevdlle

John Langeler
KING-5 TV News (Seattle, WA)
February 10, 2017

COUPEVILLE, Wash. -- In the front of Coupeville High School's cafeteria, Mark and Kristi Korzan hoped to get some answers.

Their home is right next to the Naval Outlying Field, or OLF, a small airstrip outside of town used for training.  A few months ago, the family was told its water was contaminated.

"Our well water was really clean and tasted good," said Mark Korzan, "But apparently, it's not."

The Korzans were in a large crowd at Coupeville High for a community meeting on the contamination, which became public late last year. 

In a test of 150 wells around the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and the OLF, eight wells tested with higher than recommended levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs.  Seven of those wells are around the OLF.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.king5.com/tech/science/environment/navy-testing-water-well-contamination-near-coupeville/406662806

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Lenny Siegel
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