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Mass (WWLP) – Chemicals from a firefighting foam used at Barnes Air Base have been detected in Westfield’s water supply.
Testing done at Westover in 2017 found trace amounts of the chemicals from that firefighting foam in groundwater on base, but drinking water has not been contaminated.
According to Westover’s Environmental Engineering Chief, Jack Moriarty, Westover was using the firefighting foam in question until last year.
Nearly $400,000 was spent testing the water at Westover.
Moriarty said only trace amounts of the chemical were found in Westover’s ground water, and there’s no access Chicopee’s drinking water supply, which comes from the Quabbin Reservoir.
“I do, even though I think my sink water is clean, I still use filtered clean water,” Chicopee resident, Epi Sanchez said.
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