Gov. Doug Ducey wrote Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about contaminations found in water near four current and former military air bases in metro Phoenix and Tucson.
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Ducey s office said Wednesday that he wrote Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about contaminants found in water near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, the former Williams Air Force Base in Williams and the Arizona Air National Guard base at Tucson International Airport. Ducey s letter dated Tuesday cited contamination involving chemicals used in firefighting materials and called for steps to protect public drinking water systems.
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Gov. Ducey calls for US action on water contamination near bases
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Gov. Ducey calls for federal action on water contamination near Arizona bases
PHOENIX - Gov. Doug Ducey is calling on the federal government to identify and treat groundwater contamination near four current and former
military air bases in metro
Ducey wrote Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about contaminations found in water near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Luke Air Force Base in
Glendale, the former Williams Air Force Base in Williams and the Arizona Air National Guard base at Tucson International Airport, Ducey’s office said Wednesday.
News Release
April 28, 2021
PHOENIX Governor Doug Ducey is calling on the U.S. Department of Defense to take prompt action to address Pentagon-related groundwater contamination near Arizona’s military installations.
In an April 27 letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Governor Ducey requested DOD to identify and treat water in Arizona contaminated in the areas surrounding four DOD installations and to prevent additional human exposure to PFAS from other DOD facilities in Arizona.
The four installations with known impacts to groundwater Luke Air Force Base, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Morris Air National Guard Base and the former Williams Air Force Base are located in the two most populous metropolitan areas in Arizona, and each is surrounded by businesses and residential communities where thousands of Arizonans live, work and rely on clean groundwater for drinking.
Ducey calls for DoD to address groundwater contamination near Arizona military facilities
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and last updated 2021-04-28 14:01:45-04
Governor Doug Ducey is calling on the Department of Defense to address the Pentagon-related groundwater contamination that has been impacting military facilities in Arizona.
In a release Tuesday, Ducey requested the DoD to identify and treat water in Arizona that was contaminated in the areas surrounding four military facilities.
The four facilities where groundwater has been impacted are Luke Air Force Base, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Morris Air National Guard Base and the former Williams Air Force Base.
Ducey added that two of the military facilities are close to businesses and residential communities, impacting thousand of Arizonans who rely on clean groundwater for drinking.