[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "North Pole [AK} to Extend Water System to Moose Creek Due to Groundwater Contamination"

[Lenny Siegel]

North Pole to Extend Water System to Moose Creek Due to Groundwater Contamination 

By TIM ELLIS 
WUAC Public Radio (AK)
February 14, 2020

Work will begin next month on a 30-million-dollar project to extend North Pole’s municipal water system to Moose Creek, where residents can no longer use their wells because the groundwater’s been contaminated by a chemical compound that came from Eielson Air Force Base.

North Pole Mayor Mike Welch says the City Council considered four bidders for the water-system expansion project in a Jan. 30 meeting, before choosing HC Contractors.

A recent borough study identified several areas in and around Fairbanks where per- and polyflourinated compounds have been found, including several on Eielson Air Force Base and a plume of groundwater contamination that extends northward into the Moose Creek area.

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For the entire story, see
https://fm.kuac.org/post/north-pole-extend-water-system-moose-creek-due-groundwater-contamination

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
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