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Three new water treatment plants in Fountain, Security and Widefield needed to remove toxic "forever chemicals" from the groundwater, carrying a heavy price tag of $41 million, are nearing completion.
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