From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Wed, 1 Feb 2023 14:44:26 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Water pipeline planned near Ellsworth Air Force Base (SD) |
PFAS-impacted residents near Ellsworth Air Force Base could see a promising solution to the water issue By Humberto Giles-Sanchez KEVN News (Rapid City, SD) January 31, 2023 RAPID CITY, S.D. - It’s been years since well water in the community near Ellsworth Air Force Base was deemed contaminated due to a chemical in a firefighting foam previously used by the Air Force. Now plans to build a new water pipeline are in the works and could see the light of day as early as the Fall of 2024. Over the last couple of years, the area southwest of Ellsworth Air Force base has been struggling to find clean water. That could change in the next year after a meeting Tuesday morning promised a plan. The “Ellsworth Community Clean Water Project” would help clean water get to those households affected by the Aqueous film-forming foam that contained Per-and Polyfluorinated Substances that contaminated the water. “South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority, along with the city of Rapid City, Pennington County, and the city of Box Elder, have stepped up and come up with a solution that is a win-win for everybody,” said South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority executive director Scott Landguth. … For the entire story, see https://www.blackhillsfox.com/2023/02/01/pfas-impacted-residents-near-ellsworth-air-force-base-could-see-promising-solution-water-issue/ — Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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