[Military Environmental Forum] PFAS, FORMER SITES: Private wells contaminated near former Rhode Island Nike missile site

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wells in Coventry Found to be Contaminated with PFAS

By Rob Smith
ecoRI News staff
November 2, 2026

COVENTRY, R.I. — The state’s PFAS contamination crisis is expanding, as Rhode Island environmental officials recently disclosed dozens of wells surrounding Provident Place have been found to exceed the Department of Environmental Management’s limits.

Thirty-seven private drinking water wells have per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances levels that exceed the state’s 20 parts per trillion (ppt) drinking water standard, with results pending for another 16 wells. Ninety-one wells have been sampled so far within a quarter-mile of Central Coventry Park.

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Central Coventry Park wasn’t always a park. During the Cold War it was Nike Missile Site PR-69, controlling ground-based radar and computer systems designed to detect hostile aircraft. The site was active between 1956 and 1974, when it was later turned over to the town.

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For the entire article, see
https://ecori.org/wells-in-coventry-found-to-be-contaminated-with-pfas/


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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http://www.cpeo.org
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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