[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "North metro Denver [CO] groundwater contaminated with PFCs is flowing into a drinking-water system that supplies 50, 000 residents"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

North metro Denver groundwater contaminated with PFCs is flowing into a drinking-water system that supplies 50,000 residents
South Adams County Water and Sanitation District tests revealed elevated PFCs

By BRUCE FINLEY
Denver Post (CO)
July 13, 2018 

Drinking-water well tests in north metro Denver have detected perfluorinated chemicals contamination at levels up to 32 times higher than a federal health advisory limit, forcing utility officials to dilute the tainted supply before it reaches people.

South  Adams County Water and Sanitation District officials in early July conducted the tests and detected the perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, in 24 samples drawn from 12 municipal wells along Quebec Parkway near Interstate 270 — wells that feed up to 2,000 gallons a minute into district supplies for 50,000 residents across 65 square miles.

This is the first time PFCs — known to have contaminated water south of Colorado Springs— have been detected in municipal wells in metro Denver.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/07/12/north-metro-denver-contaminated-groundwater/

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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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