DoD Commits To Interim Measure To Stem PFOS Contamination In Newburgh
By ALLISON DUNNE
WAMC Public Radio (NY)
December 27, 2018
As 2018 comes to a close, there is a new development in the ongoing battle against water contamination in the Hudson Valley. Calls for the Department of Defense to address a continuing source of PFOS water contamination in Newburgh, New York, have been heard. Though the remedy is for the shorter term, critics say it’s a start. An Air National Guard spokeswoman calls the move unprecedented.
One month after senior DoD officials visited Newburgh for a public forum November 15, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced that DoD had committed to implementing an interim, remedial measure at a major source of PFOS contamination - outfalls at Stewart Air National Guard Base, at Recreation Pond. It’s the site of some of the highest PFOS concentrations found to date. The water here makes its way to what was the main drinking water source for the city of Newburgh - Washington Lake, where PFOS contamination was found in May 2016. Testing had shown that one of the outfalls discharging storm water into Rec Pond contained 5,900 parts per trillion PFOS, almost 85 times the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency health advisory limit of 70 parts per trillion.
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