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Resident urges PFAS testing at DTG site, warns of risks to Redmond aquifer
Summary
At the Feb. 11 Planning Commission meeting, resident David Morton asked commissioners to advise council to require PFAS testing at the former DTG all‑wood recycling site before any ground disturbance, citing PFOS readings over EPA guidance in Wells 1 and 2 and the site's location in Redmond's Critical Aquifer Recharge Area (CARA 1).
David Morton, a Redmond resident, told the Planning Commission on Feb. 11 that firefighting foam and other historic contamination at the former DTG all‑wood recycling site could have introduced PFAS into groundwater that feeds Redmond’s municipal wells.
"PFOS levels exceeding EPA's 4 parts per trillion standard" were found in Wells 1 and 2, Morton said, and the DTG property sits within Redmond’s Critical Aquifer Recharge Area 1, where groundwater contamination can reach drinking‑water…
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