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The utility said it shut down the affected wells.<\/p>\n<p>The human-made chemicals are associated with cancer and myriad health problems, and are known as \u201cforever\u201d chemicals because they bioaccumulate and persist within the body.<\/p>\n<p>EPCOR\u2019s announcement heightened anxiety over how New Mexico can regulate and control the toxic contaminants at a time when the state and the U.S. Department of Defense are embroiled in lawsuits over PFAS cleanup at Cannon and Holloman Air Force bases. Federal efforts to create regulatory limits for the chemicals have stalled, leaving New Mexico without needed authority and relying upon the goodwill of utilities like EPCOR that are voluntarily testing their wells.<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall said on Friday he was \u201cincredibly concerned\u201d about EPCOR\u2019s discovery, which NMPBS learned was actually made last summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6776556-EPCOR-Clovis-PFAS-Levels-Map-NMPBS.html\"><strong>Maps produced by EPCOR and obtained by NMPBS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0show that wells tested positive for the toxic substances as far back as the summer and fall of 2019, although customers weren\u2019t notified until this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur communication plan was timely, and our communication has been transparent and above the table,\u201d said John Calkins, EPCOR\u2019s environmental compliance director. He explained that lab turnaround times are 30-45 days, and positive results require a verification process that includes retesting. \u201cCurrently, there is not a national drinking water standard for any PFAS,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are doing this strictly voluntarily because we think it\u2019s the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vg0rLEjjodU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<p>The affected wells tested far below a federal lifetime health advisory.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first time the contaminants\u2014known to be present in high concentrations in groundwater beneath Cannon Air Force Base just outside Clovis\u2014have been found in a public drinking water supply in the state. New Mexico Environment Department Secretary James Kenney said that even at low levels, their presence is significant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facts are that Cannon has used those aqueous firefighting foams, those have migrated into the groundwater, now, we\u2019re seeing those PFAS chemicals that are in those aqueous firefighting foams in the drinking water,\u201d he said in an interview with NMPBS this week. \u201cSo while we haven\u2019t done a forensic analysis to see if it\u2019s the same chemical, the likelihood in my opinion is that it\u2019s moving in that direction\u2014the plume is moving in that direction, the groundwater is moving in that direction, and that might be what we\u2019re seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Randal Crowder, R-Clovis, doubts the contamination is coming from Cannon. The wells that tested positive for PFAS\u2014including one about 30 feet from his own property\u2014are upgradient of the plume, he said. He also noted that many of the impacted wells are close to stormwater features, playas, and lakes, such as the city\u2019s Greene Lake and Dennis Chavez Park. These could be affected by debris or wastewater containing PFAS, he said.<\/p>\n<p>PFAS chemicals are found in common household goods ranging from non-stick cookware and stain-resistant carpets, to furniture and fast food containers, to pizza boxes and rain-resistant clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Below Cannon, however, concentrations were alarming\u2014more than 370 times what federal regulators currently consider safe for a lifetime of exposure. Tests within a four-mile perimeter of the base, conducted in 2018, showed contamination of private drinking wells. Some of the affected wells included those supplying water to dairies, a key component of the local economy.<\/p>\n<p>As a precaution at that time, EPCOR\u2019s Calkins said the utility shut down two of its wells downgradient of the plume and in the presumed path of groundwater migrating from beneath the base. He said EPCOR has taken any wells that have tested positive for PFAS out of service.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has yet to set a regulatory threshold for PFAS, which includes more than 7,000 different contaminants. Instead, the federal agency issued a lifetime health advisory of 70 parts per trillion for two of those chemicals, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). Exposure to PFOA is linked to reproductive and developmental systems, liver and kidneys, and immune system, as well as high cholesterol, low infant birth weights, cancer, while PFOS is associated with problems like thyroid hormone disruption.<\/p>\n<p>The EPA failed to propose a national drinking water regulatory determination for PFOA and PFOS in 2019, as called for in the agency\u2019s own\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/production\/files\/2019-02\/documents\/pfas_action_plan_021319_508compliant_1.pdf\">PFAS Action Plan<\/a>. Federal regulators are also behind schedule on a number of other actions in that plan, including to finalize toxicity assessments and values for other PFAS, including GenX chemicals, PFBS, PFBA, PFHxA, PFHxS, PFNA and PFDA.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of enforceable federal limits means that state regulators, in New Mexico and around the nation, can\u2019t rein in polluters.<\/p>\n<p>When the EPA sets regulatory limits on contaminants\u2014as it does for substances such as lead, arsenic and uranium\u2014states can impose requirements on public drinking water systems. \u201cOn the flip side of that, where we have emerging contaminants that have not yet had the regulatory process play out, we don\u2019t have a maximum level that is regulated for these systems,\u201d said Rebecca Roose, director of NMED\u2019s Water Protection Division.<\/p>\n<figure>EPCOR said Friday it continues to test its wells for 21 different PFAS contaminants. Each test costs the utility about $600. Calkins said the company is working closely with NMED, and has asked the military base for assistance. \u201cWe\u2019ve asked the Air Force, if and when they do initial sampling off-base, if they would share that data with us,\u201d he said. \u201cThey told us they would, it just hasn\u2019t occurred yet.\u201d<\/figure>\n<p>New Mexico state Sens. Pat Woods, R-Broadview, and Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, introduced a bill that would provide NMED with $700,000 to test wells in Curry and Roosevelt counties for PFAS. With the legislative session entering its final week, the senators\u2019 best hope for funding was to insert the language of their bill into the Senate\u2019s version of the final budget. As of Friday, the money had not been placed in the spending bill.<\/p>\n\t<p>With the announcement of the PFAS discovery in Clovis, members of New Mexico\u2019s federal delegation increased pressure on the Pentagon. In a Feb. 10 letter, Sens. Udall and Martin Heinrich, as well as Rep. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, asked the U.S. Department of Defense to contribute funding toward mapping the extent of the plume from Cannon, and to \u201cimmediately open up all lines of communication\u201d with state agencies, despite the ongoing litigation between the military and the state over PFAS contamination at Cannon and Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo.<\/p>\n<p>Air Force tests showed levels of PFAS up to 1,294,000 parts per trillion\u2014more than 27,000 times the advisory level\u2014in waters below Holloman. One part per trillion is often related as a single drop of water in an Olympic-sized swimming pool. In the case of the most egregious Holloman sample, that single drop of PFAS toxin swells to more than 17 gallons.<\/p>\n<p>In their letter, Udall, Heinrich and Luj\u00e1n noted that in the months after PFAS were found at Cannon and in agricultural and private wells, the Defense Department \u201ctook limited action.\u201d They said military officials \u201cmaintained that they were charged only with mitigating contamination to drinking water for human consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n\t<h3>If you\u2019ve been affected by PFAS contamination in your community, call our tip line at (505) 433-7242.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/stories\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore Stories\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories Timeline PFAS Map PFAS FAQ State Grapples With Nonexistent PFAS Limits as Utility Says Positive Tests Date to 2019 Laura Paskus February 14, 2020 The presence of toxic \u201cforever\u201d chemicals in the City of Clovis\u2019s water wells raises concerns about where the contamination is coming from\u2014and what state regulators can do about it. 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