Tucson Airport Authority tracking PFAS on its grounds - KOLD News …
WEB18 hours ago · The Tucson Airport Authority is looking into where PFAS were used and stored on its property. TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The Tucson Airport Authority is tracking where it needs to look more closely for a chemical compound that is already known to be a problem. The chemical has been an important tool …
Tucson is one of the first places in line for money to clean up PFAS - NPR
WEBMay 20, 2024 · The Tucson area is receiving $12,000,000 from the new fund EPA has set aside to clean up PFAS contamination. That's on top of another 30 million from the bipartisan infrastructure law passed in...
Why PFAS chemical levels are rapidly rising in Tucson groundwater
WEB3 days ago · Tucson Water will close its plant because rising levels of PFAS chemical compounds in south-side groundwater make it no longer cost-effective … Contamination cleanups coming soon for Tucson...
National Guard to investigate PFAS contamination in Tucson groundwater
WEBThe Air National Guard will begin a full-scale investigation this fall of groundwater contamination by toxic PFAS compounds near its Morris Air National Guard Base on Tucson’s south side.
Toxic PFAS levels spike in south-side Tucson well-testing area
WEB5 days ago · By far the highest levels of the PFAS family of toxic compounds ever found in the Tucson area have turned up in a swath of the south side’s aquifer, directly north of an Air National Guard base...
Tucson is one of the first places in line for money to clean up PFAS …
WEBMay 20, 2024 · REZNICK: As part of a Superfund settlement, Tucson built a new water treatment plant in the 1990s. But in the last few years, authorities have identified another contaminant in the water here, PFAS. The human-made chemicals are used in products ranging from nonstick cookware to waterproof jackets.
PFAS in Tucson: EPA orders cleanup by US Air Force, Air National …
WEBJun 11, 2024 · The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is demanding the U.S. Air Force and Arizona National Guard take action as concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” are increasing in the groundwater in a...
Tucson's water contaminated by PFAS; health concerns amplified
WEBJan 16, 2023 · After establishing new measures to lower PFAS levels and getting EPA approval, TARP now sends water, cleared for PFAS and all other contaminants, into the Santa Cruz River wash.
Biden-Harris Administration to Invest $30 Million to Protect Tucson ...
WEBTUCSON, AZ (Nov. 16, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tucson Water’s investment of $30 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to protect Tucson area residents from PFAS in their drinking water.
Tucson-area providers will build PFAS treatment plants - azcentral.com
WEBMay 4, 2024 · MARANA — Tucson, Marana and the Metropolitan Domestic Water Improvement District will build new treatment plants to remove hazardous PFAS chemicals from the drinking water supply with the help...