NEWBURGH – The US Department of Defense will begin taking water samples in and around Stewart Air National Guard Base including Recreation Pond.
The sampling is part of the investigation into contamination of the City of Newburgh’s water supply from the carcinogenic chemical PFOS from the Guard base.
The Department of Defense has been reluctant to acknowledge the base is the cause of the contamination and that it would remediate the problem.
Senator Charles Schumer has been pushing the issue and last week secured $20 million in legislation to pay for the cleanup.
The senator said while the testing, including at Recreation Pond, is a “big step forward to bring some relief to Newburgh, the DoD must thoroughly test and completely clean up the full PFOS mess they created in this community.” He said the localities must not be stuck with paying for the testing and remediation process.
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