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Residents raise PFAS and lead contamination concerns after golf-course testing
Summary
Multiple residents and a hydrogeologist told the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 25 that preliminary water tests at a local golf course show PFAS and lead contamination in wells and surface water; speakers urged the county to require more testing and to consider groundwater nondegradation rules.
Deborah Woodcock, a resident of the Buffalo magisterial district, told the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 25 that preliminary water testing at a local golf course shows significant contamination and asked the county to help prevent further harm to drinking water and the environment.
Why the story matters: multiple members of the public described dead wildlife and chemical readings they say came from the golf-course area and urged county action to protect private wells and surface waters that feed Woods Creek and the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Speakers described the same cluster of concerns in remarks during the public-comment period. Woodcock said the golf-course testing shows “a high level of contamination of water on the golf course, both surface water and groundwater.” Elementary-school student Ben Holston said he found “dead crawfish everywhere” this summer at Jordan’s Point and along Woods Creek and…
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