Military: Colorado Air Force base may have released chemical into drinking water

[senona]

After reading the article, not sure where "may have" comes from if the chemical was found in 3 water systems.
And the Air Force is willing to fork out the money to try and clean it up.

Feel sorry for the residents affected by this possible health risk.

The military said Wednesday it has identified six places on an Air Force base in Colorado where firefighting foam containing toxic chemicals may have escaped into the environment and made its way into drinking water in two nearby communities.

Engineers who conducted the review recommended a follow-up investigation at Peterson Air Force Base, where the foam was used in firefighting drills and equipment tests. It contained perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, which have been linked to prostate, kidney and testicular cancer, along with other illnesses.

The military is checking bases nationwide for possible releases of the foam into the environment.


It wasn’t immediately clear what the next phase of the investigation at Peterson would entail. The Air Force previously announced plans to drill monitoring wells and take soil samples to determine whether the chemicals were seeping into underground water from the base.


The PFCs were found in three water systems serving about 69,000 people in the city of Fountain and an unincorporated community called Security-Widefield. The chemicals have not been definitively traced to Peterson, but its proximity to the affected systems spurred the investigation.

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The Air Force previously agreed to spend $4.3 million to install filters in the three systems to remove PFCs. Contractors were still working out the details, Peterson spokesman Steve Brady said.

The Security Water District has shifted almost entirely to surface water — from rivers and lakes — since the PFCs were found, Manager Roy Heald said Wednesday. Previously, about half the district’s water came from wells and half from surface water.



From the sounds of it, it does appear to be the fault of the Air Force.
Which is probably why they are agreeing to spend that much money to clean out the systems and try to rid it of the PFC's.

[guohua]

Must be same very Shallow Wells for the soil not to filter this out.
I don't know,,,, maybe some really nasty stuff and if that's the case, them all air force bases need to have the local area water checked because they all have those aircraft fire drills don't they?