[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Alternate water in Spokane, WA

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City, county announce plan to get clean water to those impacted by PFAS contamination near airport 

By Amanda Sullender 
Spokane Spokesman-Review
March 23, 2026

Spokane city and county have announced a plan to get drinking water free of hazardous PFAS chemicals into the hands of West Plains residents near Spokane International Airport.

The Department of Ecology ordered the City of Spokane and Spokane County in February to provide uncontaminated drinking water to those people affected by the airport’s PFAS contamination. The two governments jointly own the Spokane International Airport, which had contaminated nearby groundwater with PFAS-laced firefighting foam.

Under the plan announced last week, the city and county will provide all affected residents access to the city’s clean water fill station on Garden Springs Road. Large food-grade plastic containers will also be provided for residents to transport the water from the station to their home.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/mar/23/city-county-announce-plan-to-get-clean-water-to-th/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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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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