Air Force outlines $81 million plan to contain Falmouth PFAS plume
Board of Health · Meeting of August 25, 2026
Falmouth Board of Health hears Air Force's $81 million plan to contain a spreading PFAS plume. Carl Champion and John Davis of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center told the board the interim remedy would add extraction wells along Sandwich Road and restart the decommissioned Ashumet Valley treatment system, pulling roughly 1,350 gallons a minute, with construction starting in 2026 and treatment online in 2027. More than 130 homes have already been connected to municipal water after four public wells were shut down.
Board member Amy Roth said "our focus really needs to be on sort of risk mitigation for the residents of Falmouth," pressing officials on whether all private wells within the roughly 6,000-parcel land-use-control boundary have been tested; officials said no, and that a full verification effort could take seven years. No formal remedy has been set for underlying contaminated soil, with a decision not expected until 2032 to 2034.
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Source: the Board of Health meeting of August 25, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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