[Military Environmental Forum] PFAS: Contaminated well at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, WA

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@sonic.net>]

Contaminated well prompts Navy water project


By Allyson Ballard 
Whidbey News-Tmes (WA)
October 16, 2026

The Navy plans to connect a North Whidbey building to Oak Harbor’s municipal water system after tests found potentially harmful “forever chemicals” in its private drinking water well.

Concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ranging from 5.80 parts per trillion to 6.26 parts per trillion were detected in the well in the fall of 2025 and spring of 2026, according to the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, or NAVFAC, Northwest’s public affairs office.

The maximum contaminant level allowed in this case by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is 4 parts per trillion.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/2026/10/16/contaminated-well-prompts-navy-water-project/

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Lenny Siegel
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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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