[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "$3.8 million treatment plant brings clean water to Stratmoor Hills [CO] after years of contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

$3.8 million treatment plant brings clean water to Stratmoor Hills after years of contamination

By Dan Beedie
KRDO (Colorado Springs, CO)
May 5, 2022 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Stratmoor Hills Water District and Board of Directors unveiled a new $3.8 million centralized water treatment facility. 13 Investigates has learned ratepayers will foot a majority of the bill after drinking contaminated water for years. 

The water treatment plant located west of Highway 85/87 promises to deliver up to 1 million gallons a day of drinking water free from manufactured perfluorinated to the Stratmoor Hills Community.

Water District officials say chemicals in the groundwater previously tested above the EPA's health advisory limit four times since 2016. According to officials, the most recent test above the EPA's health advisory limit was in 2020. 

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For the entire story, see
https://krdo.com/news/2022/05/05/3-8-million-treatment-plant-brings-clean-water-to-stratmoor-hills-after-years-of-contamination/

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