2016 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 10:39:13 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFCs, GLOBAL: "10 military sites, former Naval Air Station to be tested for tainted water" (Guam)
 
10 military sites, former Naval Air Station to be tested for tainted water

by Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno
Pacific Daily News (GU)
September 4, 2016



The former Naval Air Station in Tiyan and 10 military sites in Guam are covered by a Pentagon-ordered study announced in March to determine the risk of contamination with the same potentially cancer-causing chemical found in some of Guam Waterworks Authority’s drinking water wells, a federal document states.

Located in the Tiyan area near the international airport, Naval Air Station was turned over to the government of Guam after the facility closed in 1995. The Tiyan area now hosts Tiyan High School, Guahan Academy Charter School, Guam Department of Education offices, and a mix of abandoned and occupied houses.

Tiyan sits above part of the northern aquifer, which is Guam’s underground source of fresh water, according to an environmental impact study for the closure of the former Naval Air Station.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2016/09/03/10-military-sites-former-naval-air-station-tested-tainted-water/89759256/

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Lenny Siegel
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