Ongoing concern over drinking water at the formal naval air station in Willow Grove and other sites around Montco have been an issue for years, and the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is hosting a public meeting, which will also be live-streamed, in an attempt to assuage contamination fears.

The state DEP is hosting a public meeting to address concerns over a group of chemicals, known as PFOA and PFOS that have been contaminating drinking water, writes Marie Cusick for stateimpact.npr.org. 

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The meeting will be held Friday, November 30 at 9am the Rachel Carson State Office Building in Harrisburg and will also be live-streamed online. State and federal government experts will be on hand to explain how the chemicals are being managed.

PFOA and PFOS stand for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances—a group of man-made chemicals used widely in things like non-stick cookware and firefighting foam. They can be found in the air, soil, and water.

DEP spokesman Neil Shader says 20 sites around the state are under investigation for contamination. Most of them are in southeastern Pennsylvania.

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