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From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:50:21 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "3 Rochester [NH] monitoring wells show PFAS contamination"
 
3 Rochester monitoring wells show PFAS contamination

By Kyle Stucker
Foster’s Daily Democrat (NH)
June 28, 2018 
 
 
ROCHESTER - Three Rochester groundwater monitoring wells have tested positive for PFAS, a group of chemicals linked to cancer and a host of other adverse health effects.

Two of the wells are at the old Rochester landfill on Old Dover Road, while the other is located at the city’s wastewater treatment plant, according to city officials. City Engineer Mike Bezanson said Wednesday that none of the wells are used for obtaining water for human consumption.

As a result of the recent positive test results, the state has told Rochester it must expand its monitoring program to include all five of the wells already at the landfill, in addition to monitoring a nearby mobile home park at 300 Blackwater Road and five separate residences in that area. In total, that screening and sampling will cost roughly an additional $11,500, more than doubling what Rochester spends on its program each year.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.fosters.com/news/20180628/3-rochester-monitoring-wells-show-pfas-contamination

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