From TCE to PFAS contamination, Tucson residents still wary of their water
Communities with histories of pollution — including South Tucson and the south side — have a lasting distrust in water systems, a study shows
by Carolina Cuellar
AZ Luminaria
June 24, 2025
Brow furrowed, sitting behind the royal blue fence encircling Sam Lena Library, Nolan Montufar is deep into reading the book he just borrowed: “How to Give Up Plastic.”
Nolan biked to the library that’s a few doors down from South Tucson City Hall. As a native Tucsonan, he says he’s familiar with the region’s legacy of water pollution, especially within the small municipality of South Tucson — the self-proclaimed “Pueblo within a city.”
“As far as the plastics in food and water and in the atmosphere, I think it hasn’t been given the appropriate attention that it warrants,” Nolan says.
For decades, South Tucson residents have grappled with water contamination linked to industrial waste, including trichloroethylene, or TCE, and more recently, PFAS compounds known as “forever chemicals.”
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