Base acknowledges PFAS levels exceed EPA standards

By Thomas Gnau | Dayton Daily News | March 19, 2025

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"Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is acknowledging that recent testing for PFAS chemicals show levels that exceed new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maximum allowed levels.

“The regulation requires public notification of sampling results to begin in 2027, however WPAFB (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base) officials are providing PFAS drinking water results to the base population now,” said a statement released Tuesday.

The base points to the EPA’s June 2024 lowering of the regulatory standard for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — often called “forever chemicals” — in drinking water."