The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation will continue testing drinking water near the Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport in Clarendon.In a release issued Wednesday, it was noted that state scientists tested 35 water supplies near the airport and found traces of at 17 sites.
Five of those water supplies had samples exceeding the Vermont Department of Health Drinking Water Health Advisory of 20 parts per trillion.
PFAS include the chemical PFOA, which has in Bennington.
The Department of Environmental Conservation to determine how far the contamination has spread.
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The state doesn鈥檛 know how the wells in Clarendon were contaminated. But PFAS was used in firefighting foam and communities across the country are now finding the dangerous chemical in water supplies near airports.
According to the release, bottled water is being offered to anyone who has contaminated water, and if water supplies exceed the health advisory, users can have a filter system installed to remove the PFAS from the water.
The state has already installed two residential Point Of Entry Treatment (POET) filter systems.
