2017 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 14:43:03 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Fairchild Air Force Base [WA] expands search for contaminated groundwater"
 
Fairchild Air Force Base expands search for contaminated groundwater


By Chad Sokol 
Spokane Spokesman-Review (WA)
May 10, 2017

Air Force officials have expanded their search for contaminated groundwater after testing found chemical runoff affecting neighbors of Fairchild Air Force Base.

Officials said Wednesday that the perfluorinated chemicals, known by the acronyms PFOS and PFOA, have been found at concerning levels in 17 residential wells, including some that supply drinking water. Between Monday and Wednesday afternoon, samples were taken from roughly 30 additional wells and sent to a private lab.

The wells tested in the first round are near Thorpe, Rambo and Craig roads, just east of the base. The wells currently being tested are spread farther east and south of the base, including some along Highway 902 and on Hayford Road near Interstate 90. All are roughly within a mile of the base.

Fairchild spokesman Scott King said base officials asked the lab to expedite testing. They are supplying bottled water to residents affected by the contamination.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/may/10/fairchild-air-force-base-expands-search-for-contam/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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