[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Navy to test well samples near Bangor after chemicals above standard are detected on base"

[Lenny Siegel]

Navy to test well samples near Bangor after chemicals above standard are detected on base

by Peiyu Lin
Kitsap Sun (WA)
September 18, 2023

After testing drinking water wells in areas around Bangor in 2020 and Manchester in June, the Navy will return to Bangor in September. After confirming the presence of chemicals on the Bangor base in 2022, the Navy has asked permission for the third time in three years to test drinking water wells in the areas surrounding a naval installation in Kitsap County.

Two of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals above an advised standard, 70 ppt, were detected on Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in 2022, the Navy said. The results of the on-base investigation identified the groundwater flow direction of the base's affected fire station area, leading to its latest request to sample off-base wells in an area east of the submarine base.

PFAS may be present in these drinking water wells due to past use of firefighting foam or other PFAS-containing materials on base, the Navy said, and residents may request sampling or attend any of a series of upcoming meetings.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2023/09/18/navy-requests-drinking-water-samples-east-of-bangor-base-for-possible-pfas-contamination-off-base/70846534007/ <https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2023/09/18/navy-requests-drinking-water-samples-east-of-bangor-base-for-possible-pfas-contamination-off-base/70846534007/>

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
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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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
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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