From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 19 May 2017 14:12:20 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] Fairchild Air Force Base (WA) neighbors seek more emergency water |
Airway Heights seeks more emergency water following well contamination discovery by Kip Hill Spokane Spokesman-Review (WA) May 18, 2017 Airway Heights is working to bring online another water connection with the city of Spokane following test results showing two of its wells contained elements of the same potentially dangerous chemicals found on neighboring Fairchild Air Force Base. “We hope to have a working intertie on a temporary basis within the next day or two, hopefully by the end of the day tomorrow,” said Kevin Anderson, public works director for Airway Heights. For the third straight day, residents of the city on the West Plains were advised not to drink tap water following discovery of contaminants in two groundwater wells that are being investigated by the Environmental Protection Agency as potential health hazards. Anderson described the two affected wells – both near the site where two B-52 bombers crashed in 1958 – as “key” to the city’s water system. … For the entire article, see http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/may/18/airway-heights-seeks-more-emergency-water-followin/ -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org |
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