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The City of Spokane and Spokane County will hand out filters and fresh water on Saturday for West Plains residents whose wells are contaminated with forever chemicals. The event will take place at the Waste-to-Energy Plant from 10 am to 2 pm.

Both entities were named as liable parties in the contamination crisis, which stems from firefighting chemicals deployed at the Spokane International Airport. (Similar contamination was also caused by Fairchild Air Force Base firefighting operations.)
https://www.rangemedia.co/pfas-spokane-airport-safe-water-west-plains/

In a separate development, Spokane County this week accepted a nearly $7.5 million grant from the WA Department of Commerce to fund the filter program.
https://www.rangemedia.co/transit-tax-renewal-now-or-later/#:~:text=Nearly%20%247.5M%20in%20state%20funding%20for%20PFAS%20relief

Read about the genesis of the PFAS crisis here:
https://www.rangemedia.co/airport-ceo-lawmakers-banning-toxic-pfas-chemicals-larry-krauter/Here:
https://www.rangemedia.co/poisoning-wells-pfas-west-plains-forever-chemicals-spokane-county/

And here:
https://www.rangemedia.co/west-plains-pfas-fairchild-epa-water-filter/

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