Public Meeting: PFAS 101
September 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Hilton Garden Inn Spokane Airport
9015 W US Highway #2
Spokane,
WA
99224
United States
If you’ve heard that PFAS are in West Plains well water and you’re still not sure what that means for your household, this is the meeting for you.
PFAS 101 is the simple story. John Hancock, president of the West Plains Water Coalition, walks through it from the beginning, in plain language, with nothing assumed. You don’t need a science background. You don’t need a test result. You don’t even need a well.
The evening covers:
- Testing: how it works and what the numbers mean
- Chemistry: what PFAS are, and why people call them forever chemicals
- Maps: the aquifer, the plume, and how water moves under the West Plains
- Health: what’s known, what isn’t, and where the research stands
- Standards and regulations: who sets the limits, and what those limits are
- Home filters: what works, what doesn’t, and what it costs
- Government programs: what’s underway now, and what it may mean for you
This information sits scattered across a dozen agencies, and most people never see it in one place. This meeting pulls together the findings of the Washington State Department of Health, the Washington State Department of Ecology, Dr. Chad Pritchard at Eastern Washington University, Fairchild Air Force Base, the EPA, Spokane International Airport, the City of Spokane, and Spokane County.
Bring your questions. There’s time for them, and the questions neighbors ask are usually the most useful part of the night. Suggestions are welcome too.
Doors open at 6:30 and the program runs from 7 to 8:30. Parking is free. The meeting is free and everyone’s welcome. We’ll record it and post it to the coalition’s YouTube channel afterward, so if you can’t be there, you’ll still be able to watch.
Funded in part by a Public Participation Grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology