(KOTA TV) – Three months ago Ellsworth Air Force Base announced that some residential wells were contaminated, and surrounding residents are still dealing with the issue.
We spoke with one Box Elder woman to find out how her family is getting by.
But a few months ago, Ellsworth Air Force Base told Maynard her water is contaminated with high levels of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, better known as PFOS.
After three rounds of testing, Ellsworth Air Force Base sampled 68 wells, and 15 of them have high levels of PFOS and PFOA.
The base told her firefighting foam runoff caused the contamination of her water."
NanCee Maynard says, "I’m really disappointed.
We’re neighbors out here.
When it was save the base, we all jumped in and did what we could, wrote our letters, helped them save the base, helped them have a living and a healthy lifestyle.
The long-term solution is hooking affected residents up to city water.
NanCee Maynard says, "If it’s Box Elder, since we’re outside the city limits, we would have double user fees."