2018 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:31:06 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Ag Department money to provide clean water near Wurtsmith Air Force Base (MI)
 
Oscoda Township receives $1 million to fight PFAS contamination


By Bob Johnson
MLive.com (MI)
October 22, 2018

OSCODA TWP, MI -- Oscoda Township will receive $1 million to help residents get clean drinking water and help clean up contamination around a former U.S. Air Force base.

U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, announced on Monday, Oct. 22, that the money will come from two grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and will be used to connect homes using well water to the municipal drinking water system to protect residents from Per- and polyfluoroalkyl, or PFAS, exposure.

The township will receive $750,000 in Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants and $250,000 in Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants.



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For the entire article, see
https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2018/10/oscoda_township_receives_1_mil.html

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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