[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Cannon AFB (NM)treatment facility

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cannon AFB opens new PFAS treatment facility

by Senior Airman Corinna Morlan
27th Special Operations Wing
May 20, 2025 

As part of a series of ongoing efforts to remediate per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in water near Cannon AFB, the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) recently opened a treatment facility at the Southeast corner of the installation designed to mitigate any further migration of PFAS off-base.

AFCEC sampled of 25 private wells, identifying three locations where PFAS levels exceeded health advisories in 2018. Following the federal cleanup framework established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, AFCEC confirmed PFAS impacted soil, surface water, and groundwater both on and off base.

In response to these findings, AFCEC launched two plans for pilot treatment systems with the main objective of mitigating the spread of PFAS and safeguarding surrounding communities. One facility has officially begun operating and treating impacted groundwater with a full-scale pump and treat system.

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For the entire release, see
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/499789/cannon-afb-opens-new-pfas-treatment-facility

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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