[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Treatment plants to remove 'forever chemicals' from Colorado county water supply nearing completion"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Treatment plants to remove 'forever chemicals' from Colorado county water supply nearing completion

By Mary Shinn 
Colorado Springs Gazette
May 2, 2021

Three new water treatment plants in Fountain, Security and Widefield needed to remove toxic "forever chemicals" from the groundwater, carrying a heavy price tag of $41 million, are nearing completion.

The plant in Widefield was finished in February, the Security plant is expected to be operational this week and the Fountain plant is expected to be complete in June, following a pause in construction that lasted more than a month, officials with each district said.

Construction of the Fountain plant was halted because the supplier of critical piping for the plant could not provide it, said Dan Blankenship, utilities director for Fountain, adding that the supplier's work was delayed by the coronavirus. In a written statement the Air Force Civil Engineer Center said work on the $7 million plant in Fountain is expected to resume May 3. The other two plants are expected to cost a combined $34 million, the statement said. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.outtherecolorado.com/news/treatment-plants-to-remove-forever-chemicals-from-colorado-county-water-supply-nearing-completion/article_326d0f3f-105f-530f-a4ef-4f708f223602.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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