[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE, PFAS: "Fresh Pond town well in Falmouth [MA] reopened as part of Air Force base cleanup dating from 1970s"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fresh Pond town well in Falmouth reopened as part of Air Force base cleanup dating from 1970s

By Asad Jung
Cape Cod Times (MA)
July 29, 2022

FALMOUTH — The Fresh Pond municipal well, which provides half a million gallons of drinking water to the town per day, is back up and running after five years of being shut down due to contamination. 

The treatment of the Fresh Pond municipal well and the connection of four homes to municipal water is part of a project that aimed to connect eight residences in Mashpee and Falmouth to municipal water and treat three municipal wells.

The town of Falmouth shut down the municipal well in 2017 when it was found that it was contaminated with perchlorate.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2022/07/30/falmouth-fresh-pond-town-well-reopens-air-force-cleanup/10026586002/

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Lenny Siegel
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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