2017 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2017 11:11:43 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Airway Heights [WA] Homeowner Sues Air Force Over Well Contamination"
 
Airway Heights Homeowner Sues Air Force Over Well Contamination 

By STEVE JACKSON 
Spokane Public Radio (WA)
May 19, 2017

At least one private homeowner has filed a suit against the Air Force after chemicals believed to have come from firefighting foam showed up their well in Airway Heights.

Airway Heights officials say they hope to have the chemicals flushed out of the water system, but it may take as long as ten more days. That, after the city manager said earlier this week he expected the job to take 28 hours. In the meantime, the water supply will not take in water from 4 wells shown to have concentrations of the chemicals.

The community is getting some water from the Spokane aquifer to make up the difference.

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For the entire article, see
http://spokanepublicradio.org/post/airway-heights-homeowner-sues-air-force-over-well-contamination

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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