Val Verde County reports PFAS in two Escondido Estates wells after county sampling
County-funded samples from Escondido Estates found PFAS above the EPA safety threshold in two of seven domestic wells; one well measured 4.5 parts per trillion and another showed multiple PFAS compounds at substantially higher levels. Officials will notify landowners and pursue grants but no remediation plan was approved at the meeting.
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Val Verde County officials reported that county-funded testing found per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) above federal guidance levels in two wells sampled around the base and Escondido Estates. The court said it collected 10 samples — seven private water wells and three runoff/draw samples — and that two wells returned PFAS detections above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 4 parts per trillion (ppt) benchmark.
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