[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Interceptor trench designed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (OH)

[Lenny Siegel]

Work is underway to capture forever chemicals at Wright Patterson Air Force Base

By Chris Welter
WYSO Public Radio (Yellow Springs, OH)
February 7, 2023

Some of the groundwater on Wright Patterson Air Force Base is contaminated withPFAS, commonly known as forever chemicals, which have been linked with cancer and developmental problems.

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One source of contamination at Wright Patterson comes from something called AFFF(aqueous film-forming foam) that was used by firefighters on base. If those chemicals, which don’t break down naturally because of their strong chemical bonds, aren’t cleaned up, they can spread into local drinking water wells.

Using congressional funding, engineers at the base recently designed an interceptor trench to best capture contaminated groundwater so it can then be treated. Here’s a video and some pictures from base officials explaining how it works and showing its construction this Fall.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.wyso.org/local-and-statewide-news/2023-02-07/work-is-underway-to-capture-forever-chemicals-at-wright-patterson-air-force-base

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Lenny Siegel
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