Oklahoma County resident urges county action on land‑applied biosolids and PFAS testing

A resident appealed to the Oklahoma County Commission to address land application of biosolids near her farm, saying the practice threatened private wells and alleging PFAS contamination risks.

Sandra Trawick said biosolids had been applied within a quarter mile of her farm, that she has two chronically ill children and that her family relies on well water. She urged the commission to “sue the city,” impose a zoning‑level ban on land application in county areas, and at minimum require testing of wells for PFOS/PFAS contamination. "Please put this on the agenda. Address this," she said.

Trawick said she had attended an Oklahoma Municipal League meeting where attendees discussed treating PFAS sites as brownfields or Superfund sites and said state funding appears to prioritize municipal drinking water systems rather than private wells. County commissioners thanked her for speaking and acknowledged the issue “needs to be addressed,” but the record shows no formal vote or directive at the public meeting to open a county regulatory action on biosolids.

The meeting later recessed into an executive session and, after returning, commissioners approved a motion “to proceed as discussed.” The transcript does not identify the subject of the executive session or link that motion explicitly to the public comment about biosolids.

At the conclusion of public comment, no county testing plan, legal filing or zoning change was announced; Trawick asked the commission to add the issue to a future agenda for formal consideration.