[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, PFAS: Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove (PA)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

The Willow Grove air base has been closed for years. When will it be redeveloped?

By Chris Ullery
Bucks County Courier Times (PA)
September 16, 2021

Redeveloping a former naval airbase holds "tremendous potential" for Horsham's economy, but only if state and federal funds keep going toward environmental clean up.

That was the overall message from representatives of area water authorities and state lawmakers during a House Republican Policy Committee meeting on PFAS contamination Wednesday.

The former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove is one of three former and active military bases believed to be responsible for high levels of PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in local drinking water wells. 

Removing PFAS from firefighting foams used by the military for decades is currently the greatest roadblock in what state Rep. Todd Stephens described as a major economic boon for the area and the state.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/story/news/2021/09/16/focus-pfas-funding-rules-paramount-clean-up-efforts-horsham-willow-grove-base/8337525002/

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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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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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