[CPEO-MEF] PFCs, GLOBAL: "decontaminating polluted water from rivers near U.S. bases, " Okinawa, Japanm

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Okinawans could see water rates rise as local government burdened with massive cost of decontaminating polluted water from rivers near U.S. bases

 
By Chie Tome
Ryukyu Shimpo (JAPAN)
September 1, 2017  

After a high concentration of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) was discovered at the Chatan Water Treatment Plant in Okinawa Prefecture, which takes in water from rivers near U.S. military bases, the prefectural government’s Enterprise Bureau spent 170 million yen in fiscal 2016 on decontamination measures.

It has now been revealed that the Enterprise Bureau expects it might raise water rates if the problem continues.

 

The Enterprise Bureau conveyed its concerns to the U.S. military that the cost of decontamination could be a major factor leading to an increase in water rates.

This was revealed in the minutes of a three-party conference among the Okinawa prefectural government, the Okinawa Defense Bureau, and the U.S. military.

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For the entire article, see
http://english.ryukyushimpo.jp/2017/09/06/27634/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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