Decatur, Alabama Water Quality: 3M's PFAS Legacy in the Tennessee River
Decatur holds the unwanted distinction of having some of the highest PFAS concentrations ever measured in a U.S. public water supply — traced directly to 3M and…
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East Chicago Water Quality: Lead, Arsenic, and the USS Lead Superfund Site
East Chicago, Indiana sits on top of one of the most toxic Superfund sites in the Midwest — where decades of lead smelting left behind soil and groundwater lace…
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Hoosick Falls Water Quality: The PFOA Crisis That Changed a Small Town
Hoosick Falls, a village of 3,500 in upstate New York, became a national flashpoint for PFAS contamination after a local resident's private testing revealed PFO…
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Mesa, Arizona Water Quality: Drought Pressure, CAP Dependence, and Emerging Contaminants
Mesa is Arizona's third-largest city and one of the fastest-growing in the country — but its water supply depends on a shrinking Colorado River, and emerging co…
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Newburgh, NY Water Quality: PFOS Contamination from Stewart Air National Guard Base
Newburgh had to abandon its primary drinking water source — Washington Lake — after PFOS from firefighting foam at Stewart Air National Guard Base contaminated…
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Parchment, MI Water Quality: How PFAS Shut Down an Entire Village Water System
In July 2018, Parchment became one of the first communities in America to have its entire public water system shut down due to PFAS contamination — with levels…
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Pascagoula, MS Water Quality: Refinery Row, Chemical Plants, and the Singing River
Pascagoula lives in the shadow of Chevron's refinery and multiple chemical plants that line the Mississippi Gulf Coast — and the Singing River that supplies the…
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Portsmouth, NH Water Quality: Pease Air Force Base PFAS and the Haven Well Crisis
The Haven well that served the Pease International Tradeport — a former Air Force base turned commercial hub — was shut down in 2014 after PFAS testing revealed…
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Saginaw, MI Water Quality: Dioxin, Industrial Contamination, and the Tittabawassee River
The Tittabawassee River that flows through Saginaw carries one of the highest dioxin contamination levels ever documented in a U.S. waterway — traced to Dow Che…
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