The Navy is expanding well testing for so-called ‘forever chemicals’ in Hampton Roads

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“Residents who live around the Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads Northwest Annex in Chesapeake are being offered free well testing for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).

Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency released new standards for PFAS in drinking water as part of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The Department of Defense adopted a new standard of 70 parts per trillion for PFAS in drinking water, which has triggered a new round of testing, said Cecilia Landin, geologist with Mid-Atlantic Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

‘We have one property that we identified that is above the September 2024 DOD interim action levels. That property has since been fitted with a whole house point of entry treatment system,’ she said.” …