2017 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 13:16:15 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Venetucci Farm [CO] staff terminated in wake of well contamination blamed on Air Force firefighting chemical"
 
Venetucci Farm staff terminated in wake of well contamination blamed on Air Force firefighting chemical


By DEBBIE KELLEY 
Colorado Springs Gazette
December 8, 2017



The Pikes Peak Community Foundation has terminated the staff at Venetucci Farm in Security, citing the loss of revenue that for decades funded the educational working farm.

The foundation had little choice, said special projects manager Sam Clark.

The Security Water and Sanitation Districts notified the foundation last month that it is suspending its annual lease agreement for four water wells on the 190-acre property because of contamination blamed on toxic firefighting foam traveling from Peterson Air Force Base in the aquifer that feeds the wells.

The districts paid the farm $265,000 in leasing fees for this year — even though they were unable to pump water from the wells, general manager Roy Heald said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/12/08/venetucci-farm-terminates-staff-peterson-air-force-base/

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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
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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