[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Air Force announces multi-million deal to help with contaminated water in Security, Widefield and Fountain" (CO)

[Lenny Siegel]

Air Force announces multi-million deal to help with contaminated water in Security, Widefield and Fountain

By Jakob Rodgers  
Colorado Springs Gazette
July 5, 2016 


The Air Force plans to pay $4.3 million to begin treating water in Security, Widefield and Fountain amid the revelation that toxic chemicals contaminating groundwater for those communities possibly came from Peterson Air Force Base.

The Air Force's announcement Tuesday offered a possible stop-gap solution to a problem that local water district managers say may take years to permanently fix, and it comes as residents there flock to purchase bottled water.

The chemicals, called perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, "possibly" came from Peterson Air Force Base, where firefighters used a foam rich in such chemicals for decades, Steve Brady, a spokesman for the base's 21st Space Wing.

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For the entire article, see
http://gazette.com/air-force-announces-multi-million-deal-to-help-with-contaminated-water-in-security-widefield-and-fountain/article/1579667

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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