| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:18:12 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Filtration system planned near Fort Devens (MA) |
Cleanup of PFAS chemicals in drinking water underway in wells near Fort Devens Boston 25 News (MA) March 15, 2019 AYER, Mass. - The U.S. Army has committed to cleaning up PFAS chemicals in drinking water in wells near Fort Devens. An environmental group says it all started when a whistleblower sent them documents showing how serious the contamination was. The drinking water in Ayer is already being treated for iron and manganese. Pretty soon they'll be getting a $4.5 million dollar filtration system to filter out the emerging contaminant known as PFAS. A big price tag for a small town. … For the entire article, see https://www.boston25news.com/news/cleanup-of-pfas-chemicals-in-drinking-water-underway-in-wells-near-fort-devens/931062190 -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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