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The city of Fountain has hit the pause button on development, saying the city needs to assess its water supply before allowing more new taps.

Close Bridgette Swaney and her daughter, Addison, 4, use the last of their bottled water to make mint tea at their Widefield home in 2016. High levels of perfluorinated compounds, believed to be from a firefighting foam used at Peterson Air Force Base, were found in the water systems of Security, Widefield and Fountain, forcing residents to drink bottled water. The Gazette file

Nikki McComsey, owner of Gather Mountain Blooms, points to pots in a green house located inside the barn that she is growing flowers for her flower farm at Venetucci Farm in Security on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. McComsey is leasing a portion of the farm to grow a variety of flowers and will be managing the property for weddings and events including the Fall Festival. Contamination of the Widefield aquifer, which was saturated with perfluorinated compounds originating from Peterson Air Force bas...