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West Plains residents urge Spokane County to include area in aquifer protection renewal and form PFAS task force
Summary
Residents told county commissioners on April 1 that the West Plains aquifer and thousands of private wells are contaminated with PFAS and asked the commission to include the West Plains in a proposed Aquifer Protection Area renewal and to convene a publicly accessible task force to address contamination and water access.
Residents from the West Plains told the Spokane County Board of Commissioners on April 1 that a longstanding contamination problem tied to aviation and other regional uses is harming private drinking wells and asked the county to include the West Plains in a proposed Aquifer Protection Area (APA) renewal and to form a public task force on PFAS.
Julia McHugh, a West Plains resident, said the area’s sole-source wells are being left out of the current APA renewal and urged the board to change that. "We residents request inclusion of the West Plains on this ballot issue," McHugh said, adding that residents were promised county-supported clean water measures in 2024 that she said have not…
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