Photo by Paul Noel | Yakima Training Center | 10.24.2023
As part of the Yakima Training Center's ongoing PFAS remedial investigation, an Army contract team took soil samples in October 2023 in several areas of Yakima Training Center, Washington. The samples were taken at different locations and depths on the Installation using a hollow-stem auger. The samples will be used to gather additional data on PFAS presence in soils....
Photo by Paul Noel | Yakima Training Center | 10.24.2023
As part of our ongoing PFAS remedial investigation, an Army contract team took soil samples in October 2023 in several areas of Yakima Training Center, Washington. The samples were taken at different locations and depths on the Installation using a hollow-stem auger. The samples will be used to gather additional data on PFAS presence in soils....
Photo by Paul Noel | Yakima Training Center | 10.12.2023
Army contractors are installing POET systems like this one to filter PFAS from drinking water in the East Selah, Washington, community where PFAS levels are at or above 70 parts per trillion. This design includes pre-filter and granular activated carbon filters, a water softener, a chlorine injection system, a UV system, and post filter. The Army will provide continued monitoring and upkeep of......
Photo by Paul Noel | Yakima Training Center | 10.12.2023
Army contractors are installing POET systems like this one to filter PFAS from drinking water in the East Selah, Washington, community where PFAS levels are at or above 70 parts per trillion. This design includes pre-filter and granular activated carbon filters, a water softener, a chlorine injection system, a UV system, and post filter. The Army will provide continued monitoring and upkeep of......
Photo by Paul Noel | Yakima Training Center | 10.12.2023
Shay Shattuck of Wild West Electric connects wires to a newly installed breaker that supplies power to the Point of Entry Treatment system at an East Selah, Washington, home on Oct. 12. It is the fourth system for the Army to install in East Selah to remove PFAS from water going into the home. The Army will provide continued monitoring and upkeep of these systems....
Photo by Paul Noel | Yakima Training Center | 10.12.2023
Tim Green of Shephard Plumbing LLC solders water pipes to connect a Point of Entry Treatment system on Oct. 12 at a residence in East Selah, Washington. The POET systems being installed by the Army are specifically designed for the water chemistry of each well, and results from samples taken from the systems are showing they are effectively removing PFAS chemicals from the water....
Photo by Paul Noel | Yakima Training Center | 09.20.2023
Michelle Schwartz, of Tanaq Environmental LLC, collects a water sample on Sept. 20, 2023, from a home in the East Selah, Washington, community that will provided officials with the general chemistry of the well. The general chemistry of the water is used by the Army to determine the design of Point of Entry Treatment (POET) filtration systems for each home....
Photo by Paul Noel | Yakima Training Center | 09.20.2023
Army contractors visited 29 East Selah homes in September 2023 to take water samples that provided the general chemistry of the water in each well. The general chemistry is used to determine the design of Point of Entry Treatment (POET) filtration systems for each home. Next, these homeowners will receive a Rights of Entry form to sign, giving the Army permission to enter their property to......
