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Department of the Air Force officials joined Portsmouth and New Hampshire elected representatives at a ceremony May 4 at the former Pease Air Force Base to mark the opening of a state-of-the-art water treatment facility that will help protect the,
PORTSMOUTH – Seven years after city officials learned PFAS had contaminated one of its wells at the former Pease Air Force Base, city, state and federal officials celebrated the completion of the Pease Water Treatment Facility on Tuesday.
The $17 million facility paid for by the Air Force has already been treating the Smith and Harrison wells so PFAS chemicals are now at non-detect levels, according to Al Pratt, the city’s water resource manager.
“It’s working,” Pratt said following a press conference Tuesday morning at the site, which was attended by three members of the state’s congressional delegation, along with city leaders and long-time clean water advocate Andrea Amico.
A fly-through video published in late-2020 gave a glimpse of the scale of the Brisbane proposal. An underwater escalator, one of just three in the world, is among the features which also included a Great Barrier Reef swim , a 6m x 9m, three-level central cylinder tank and a main tank with a 20m-long, three-level high viewing arena with over 500 species of marine life. Screenshots of the proposed Brisbane Oceanarium taken from the fly-through video on social media published in late-2020. A still shot of the main tank viewing area. A fleet of marine rescue boats was also included in the promotional video, while the venue was also touted to host a dive club as well as corporate events, birthdays and weddings.