2019 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 08:50:48 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Water contamination rises near old Durham landfill" (NH)
 
Water contamination rises near old Durham landfill

By Casey Conley
Foster’s Daily Democrat (NH)
February 19, 2019 
 
 
DURHAM — Monitoring wells around the town’s former landfill on Durham Point Road contained increased levels of PFOA and PFOS contaminants during two recent tests.

Initial testing conducted in April 2017 found low levels of both chemicals, town officials said Friday. Follow-up tests conducted in November 2018 showed higher amounts in two of three monitoring wells around the landfill, located near the town’s current transfer station.

Results from both rounds of testing show the PFOA and PFOS levels lower than 70 parts per trillion, the current state standard for requiring action, according to April Talon, Durham’s town engineer.

She emphasized that the landfill is located nowhere near wells supplying public water to Durham and the University of New Hampshire. However, there are a handful of private wells located within 500 feet of the monitoring wells. Those homeowners will soon be contacted by the town.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.fosters.com/news/20190218/water-contamination-rises-near-old-durham-landfill

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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
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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