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Officials grill water utility over response to earlier Luke AFB spill Luke Air Force Base recently alerted nearby residents to the presence of chemicals PFOA and PFOS, which were used in base firefighting for decades, in their drinking water. The base is providing bottled water and working on solutions with local utilities, but the Arizona Corporation Commission wanted to know why some companies were not doing more. (Source: U.S. Air Force) By Haleigh Kochanski | March 4, 2021 at 12:59 PM MST - Updated March 4 at 12:59 PM WASHINGTON – The Arizona Corporation Commission grilled a West ...

By ANITA SNOW | Associated Press | Published: March 3, 2021 PHOENIX — The head of Arizona's environmental agency called on Luke Air Force Base in metro Phoenix to help stop the spread of a plume of chemicals contaminating the area's drinking water after recent testing discovered high levels of compounds commonly found in a firefighting foam once used there. Misael Cabrera, director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, told a public meeting his agency could work with the U.S. Air Force to stop the underground movement of the chemicals he said are linked to cancer and other ...

Arizona agency: Luke Air Force Base needs longer term water solution March 3 Firefighters with the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron and Gila Bend Fire Department spray water onto a fire during training Dec. 7, 2016, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (Senior Airman James Hensley/Air Force) PHOENIX — The head of Arizona’s environmental agency called on Luke Air Force Base in metro Phoenix to help stop the spread of a plume of chemicals contaminating the area’s drinking water after recent testing discovered high levels of compounds commonly found in a firefighting foam once used there. Misa...

Five water suppliers are scheduled to appear at Corporation Commission meeting Wednesday. Hundreds of customers are entering their second week under water advisory.