[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Pease Tradeport (NH) well back "in service"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Portsmouth Drinking Water Well Back In Service After PFAS Contamination

By Mara Hoplamazian
New Hampshire Public Radio 
September 7, 2021

A well at the Pease Tradeport in Portsmouth returned to service for the first time since 2014 after a first-in-the-state project to treat the water for toxic PFAS chemicals.

The Haven well, which supplies drinking water for the Tradeport and part of the town of Newington, was shut down after firefighting foam used on the former Pease Air Force Base contaminated the water.

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The project to treat the well for PFAS contamination was unprecedented in New Hampshire, said Brian Goetz, Portsmouth’s deputy director of public works. The incident was one of the highest-profile contamination incidents in the country, Goetz said.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2021-09-07/portsmouth-drinking-water-well-back-in-service-after-pfas-contamination

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Lenny Siegel
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