[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Military pays for treatment system near Camp Grayling (MI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New water system for Grayling PFAS contamination
 
By Sheri Mcwhirter 
Traverse City Record-Eagle (MI)
August 4, 2019

GRAYLING — A new municipal water system is on the way for Grayling Township residents impacted by PFAS contamination from military base Camp Grayling, or at least for some of them.

Military funding for the clean water source is already approved for this fiscal year, so officials said now comes a fast dash for a valid contract to design and build the new system before the end of September. The project is estimated to cost between $5 million and $9 million.

Officials said the plan for Grayling is the first time the military approved emergency dollars for PFAS contamination at any National Guard site nationwide, what’s called a time-critical removal action in military jargon.
 
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For the entire article, see
https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/new-water-system-for-grayling-pfas-contamination/article_d7042480-b52a-11e9-b963-b7cbb8af4d65.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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