Air Force refuses to clean up plume of ‘forever chemicals’ beneath Clovis

This map shows the area where testing found PFAS concentrations of 1 part per trillion or greater in and around Cannon Air Force Base (outlined in red) and the southeasterly movement of the contaminated groundwater.

New Mexico will get about $19 million in federal infrastructure money to expand efforts to detect PFAS in the water systems of the state’s smaller and disadvantaged communities.

The grant money will be made available to 500 communities to test their public water systems for PFAS and other emerging toxic chemicals that pose a health threat.

However, the money will not be available for testing private wells, meaning residents of a couple of communities near Santa Fe with PFAS contamination in their water won’t be able to use it.

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The area included in a Santa Fe County lawsuit over PFAS contamination.



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