[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Deep Creek [WA] residents battle PFAS contamination with unclear source"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Deep Creek residents battle PFAS contamination with unclear source

by Derek Strom
KXLY (Spokane, WA)
September 30, 2025 

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Several people living in Deep Creek, just west of Airway Heights, say they have PFAS-contaminated water, but they aren't sure who's responsible for cleaning it.

Deep Creek is just a few miles away from Fairchild Air Force Base, which is being held responsible for putting PFAS into the local water supply. The so-called "forever chemicals" are used in several industrial products, including firefighting foam.

Jean Coultas had her well tested last year for PFAS and confirmed it was contaminated. She suspected Fairchild was to blame and called the base."[They] hung up on me. 'That's Medical Lake's problem.' So they're throwing it back and forth," Coultas said.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.kxly.com/news/deep-creek-residents-battle-pfas-contamination-with-unclear-source/article_dbe7c044-77fa-47e9-a4f9-adb8e1b1c2ac.html

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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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