[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Ohio EPA orders Dayton to take action on groundwater concerns

[Lenny Siegel]

Ohio EPA orders Dayton to take action on groundwater concerns

by Barrie Barber
Dayton Daily News (OH)
February 24, 2018

The Ohio EPA and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base only learned this month that test results showed the city of Dayton’s firefighter training center on McFadden Avenue was a potential source of groundwater contamination, state and base officials say.

The disclosure comes as the city is trying to pressure Wright-Patterson to act more quickly on preventing contamination to city water supplies.

Dayton has asked the Air Force for nearly $1 million to reimburse costs for environmental testing and studies to track the contamination, which the city believes is caused by firefighting foam contaminants on the base. The city is worried the contamination will impact the Huffman Dam well field, which is about a half mile away from Wright-Patterson.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/ohio-epa-orders-dayton-take-action-groundwater-concerns/FjlAD68pWKXvmQggvztJCO/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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