Spokane Airport PFAS short-term water plan comment period 5/1-6/30/26

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Comment From: West Plains Water Coalition (John Hancock)

6/29/26 @ 5:05 PM

The City's website gegwater.org is a fine start towards clean water services for families in the plume. It's clearly designed to be helpful and trust-building, by skilled staffers now authorized to get serious about helping.
But the leaders and spok...↓

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Comment From: JE McHugh

6/18/26 @ 8:16 AM

Time to address a West Plains elephant: S3R3 Solutions - a Public Development Authority https://www.s3r3solutions.com/
(S3 = Spokane City, Spokane County, Spokane Int'l Airport; R3 = Roads, Rails, Runways)

The Spokane International Airport (SIA), a...↓s a member of S3R3 Solutions PDA, owns +/- 9,000 acres of land surrounding its facility. Within the 9,000 acres are 300+ acres of wetlands.

Development of this large tract of land over time will potentially disrupt crucial wetland functions including stormwater infiltration, recharge of existing wells, and biologic diversity; PFAS contaminant transport and overall groundwater behavior will also be impacted across the West Plains.

Currently there's no targeted requirement for proposed development to effectively address surface/subsurface disturbance and overall landscape hardening (building footprint, roof runoff, impervious pavement). Subsurface disruption can also lead to water scarcity, a current problem on the West Plains.

The potential to increase the quantity and velocity of stormwater runoff and seasonal flooding that impacts basements, crawl spaces and roadways, are avoidable costs levied on homeowners and taxpayers. Over time, wetland disruption can also lead to concentration of contaminants in wells and in surface water reaching the Spokane River.

S3R3 Solutions marketing materials do not mention PFAS or wells. Solutions to future development impacts across the West Plains are not discussed in publications by Ecology or FAFB, or within the 20-year County comprehensive plan update currently underway. The Airport has not been heard from on this issue either, no surprise.

The S3R3 Solutions 'mitigation' approach to wetland disruption is proposed establishment of an off-site 'Harris Wetland Mitigation Bank', a collection of parcels equal to ~400 acres of "replacement" wetlands to be developed 24 miles south of Spokane - through the purchase of WMB 'credits' by developers within the PDA area. There is no predicting biologic function or financial success of this WMB.

In order to protect the hundreds of existing West Plains wells, 'foreseeable impacts' should be addressed up front through analysis of current data on PFAS levels across the SIA-FAFB impact areas. Suggested - a mechanism requiring a hydrogeological assessment within Ecology's Interim Action Plan and the final version of the SIA Enforcement Order.

When disrupted or eliminated, biologic diversity is curtailed, and wetlands no longer serve as wildfire reduction. Shouldn't DNR & WDFW weigh in on this, in detail?

If development aspirations are successful, will the Airport and the City-County co-owners be held responsible for future impacts to wells, if detected? As an agent of West Plains development, is S3R3 Solutions a responsible party if further contamination or water scarcity is introduced into our domestic wells as a result of development within the 9,000 acres?

How will private well safety and protection be ensured into the future? The county's August 2026 West Plains Aquifer Protection Area vote cannot be counted on for this.

The S3R3 Solutions 'Wetland Inventory' .pdf is attached.

Respectfully submitted 6.18.2026
JE McHugh Palisades Neighborhood | West Plains

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

6/16/26 @ 6:22 PM

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Comment From: Tom Anonymous

6/16/26 @ 6:00 PM

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Comment From: J E McHugh

6/16/26 @ 3:08 PM

Before completing the requested GSI well survey, what does GSI do with our data once transferred to Ecology?

A written statement to well owners, assuring GSI will not use or reuse or share or sell our data for any other purpose, would be appreciate...↓

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Comment From: Zan Johnston

6/15/26 @ 6:18 PM

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

6/08/26 @ 12:51 PM

The Short-term Action plan is insufficient to meet the needs of all community members equitably. Many of the affected community members are retirees unable to lift and carry 40 pounds of water (x2), and many may not drive or have access to transporta...↓

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Comment From: Good eg Furulie

6/07/26 @ 10:22 AM

Why hasn't the department of ecology required the people responsible for the contamination of our well water to pay for whole house filtration systems like home owners around Fairchild AFB?

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

6/05/26 @ 10:47 PM

I have used the garden springs fill site to fill camping jugs provided by Spokane .
I cannot grasp how this can be considered a safe ,clean fill site . The hose appears to be just garden hose grade hanging from a water spigot on side of the building...↓

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Comment From: Rick Perleberg

6/05/26 @ 7:10 PM

Providing residents in the contaminated area with a filter pitcher is NOT providing safe drinking water. That is a slap in the face to community members who are living with contaminated wells. City, county and airport leadership should be ashamed of...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

6/04/26 @ 5:59 PM

So I got the SIA letter in the mail this week. Didn't we do this in 2024 with testing and Culligan delivery?
Reading the letter from the airport- we know you were required to use AFFF's. That is basically what you (the Airport) say in every response...↓

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Comment From: John Hancock

5/26/26 @ 2:11 PM

City and County have been drawn into Airport's bunker of secrecy, into the same questionable legal crouch, hoping to avoid citizen scrutiny. Airport delayed and hid. City and County must not. Ambiguity and obfuscation is cowardly, and it makes me ...↓

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Comment From: DCRWA (Gerald Goertz)

5/22/26 @ 9:45 PM

I would like to comment about the lack of concern or information from SIA or the City of Spokane. Unlike what FAFB and WA Dept. Of Ecology did by delivering bottled water to homeowners, SIA took the cheapest way out to meet bare minimum requirements...↓

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Comment From: Mary Benham

5/14/26 @ 12:47 PM

On 5/11 we got a 12-cup Culligan counter top pitcher at City Hall; however, it's been two years since our well was tested. Fortunately, the test showed only one PFAS chemical. Until we have a second well test (which was promised), we don't know if ...↓

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Comment From: NICK SCHARFF

5/13/26 @ 11:38 AM

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