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“ANSBACH, Germany — German engineers switched on a water treatment system at U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach this week to begin the long-planned purge of toxic PFAS chemicals from groundwater exiting the base.
Construction of the hydraulic containment system began April 10 alongside the base’s western fence line by Züblin, a Stuttgart-based construction and civil engineering firm, 10 years after the ‘forever chemicals’ were discovered.
The purification unit is expected to pump and treat over 35,000 gallons per day from underneath a former firefighter training site near Katterbach Airfield before they are released into the base’s stormwater channels, garrison commander Col. Aaron Southard said Tuesday during an opening ceremony where he pushed a symbolic red button.”…