Digging Deeper: La Crosse Well Contamination


Digging Deeper: La Crosse Well Contamination


LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - Wisconsin is fighting about 30 PFAS contamination sites statewide, including two PFAS contaminated wells neighboring the La Crosse Airport.

La Crosse shut down well 23 in 2016 when they found PFAS in the water. Three years later, the chemical was found in well 24 too, and the city took that well offline.

Despite the contaminations recent discovery, the problem dates back nearly half a century.

"From the 70s and the 80s, the fire department used to conduct test burns required by the FAA in sandpits out in the fields by the runways. They`d collect these solvents then put them in these test pits, start them on fire, then put them out with firefighting foam," John Storlie, an environmental researcher with The OS Group said. "Well, it turns out these firefighting foams have this compound PFAS."

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