2020 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:00:00 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "North Pole [AK} to Extend Water System to Moose Creek Due to Groundwater Contamination"
 
North Pole to Extend Water System to Moose Creek Due to Groundwater Contamination 

By TIM ELLIS 
WUAC Public Radio (AK)
February 14, 2020

Work will begin next month on a 30-million-dollar project to extend North Pole’s municipal water system to Moose Creek, where residents can no longer use their wells because the groundwater’s been contaminated by a chemical compound that came from Eielson Air Force Base.

North Pole Mayor Mike Welch says the City Council considered four bidders for the water-system expansion project in a Jan. 30 meeting, before choosing HC Contractors.

A recent borough study identified several areas in and around Fairbanks where per- and polyflourinated compounds have been found, including several on Eielson Air Force Base and a plume of groundwater contamination that extends northward into the Moose Creek area.

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For the entire story, see
https://fm.kuac.org/post/north-pole-extend-water-system-moose-creek-due-groundwater-contamination

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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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