Read the full article by Adriana Martinez-Smiley (WYSO).
“The city of Dayton anticipates spending hundreds of millions of dollars to remove PFAS from its drinking water.
The city recently filed a new lawsuit claiming Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is liable for the costs.
Cities across America have been grappling with what to do about PFAS pollution. These ‘forever chemicals’ are notoriously difficult to remove, and the high cost of compliance has led to legal battles across the country over who is responsible for clean up.
The lawsuit filed by the city of Dayton is the latest in five years of legal disputes with the Department of Defense and Wright-Patt over PFAS.
One of the two water treatment plants the city of Dayton operates, the Ottawa treatment plant, has PFAS levels exceeding upcoming drinking water standards.
Dayton has already spent $14 million on its emergency response to reduce levels, including a system to blend water between the two treatment plants, according to the lawsuit filed in Cincinnati’s federal court on Feb. 19.”…