[CPEO-MEF] PFAS "Fountain [CO] unveils new groundwater treatment facility"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fountain unveils new groundwater treatment facility

By Sam Kraemer
KOAA TV-5 News (Colorado Springs, CO)
June 7, 2018

FOUNTAIN -

Fountain Utilities will soon flip the switch on a new water treatment facility designed to include groundwater into the city's drinking water system.

Nearly a year ago, the U.S. Air Force confirmed it found Perfluorinated Compound (PFC) in the foam used by Peterson Air Force Base firefighters. That foam eventually contaminated the city's groundwater supply.

The city first learned of the contamination in January 2016, but come June 18, the city will turn on the first of two treatment facilities that will transfer treated groundwater back into the drinking water system.


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For the entire story, see
http://www.koaa.com/story/38377909/fountain-unveils-new-groundwater-treatment-facility

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Lenny Siegel
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