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“CURRY COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The United States Department of the Air Force is investigating the release of thousands of gallons of contaminated water at Cannon Air Force Base. According to the Air Force base, about 7,000 gallons of water containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were dumped into a lined retention pond on the base between July 9 and July 15.
The contaminated water ended up in the pond after being removed from emergency vehicles while the Air Force was trying to ‘eliminate legacy PFAS-containing Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) from its inventory,’ according to the base.
Officials said leaders were notified of the issue in early August and immediately removed all water from the pond. However, an independent inspector hired to take a look at the pond’s liner later found that there had been multiple tears in the liner, meaning PFAS could have seeped into the surrounding ground.”…