Virtual River Talk: PFAS Informational Session
Tue, Jan 14
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We're adding a River Talk in response to the EPA Route 31 Sludge investigation. Join us to learn about more about PFAS.
Time & Location
Jan 14, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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About the event
Virtual River Talk:Â PFAS Informational Session
Tuesday, January 14, 2025, from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
The Musconetcong Watershed Association is hosting this informational session regarding the PFAS contamination case in Washington Township. We're here to help answer your questions and connect you to the experts who are working on this case.Â
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating contamination from several industrial sources around Route 31 and Rymon Road in Washington Township, NJ. In November 2024, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection requested that the EPA take over the investigation of the site due to high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater and soil.Â
Background: For several decades, a historic textile manufacturing facility known as Castle Creek Fabrics and Northern Dyeing Corporation spread sludge that was contaminated with PFAS over several fields in the area as fertilizer. Beginning in 2020, the NJDEP sampled drinking water and the soil…