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I know there are qualified municipal water system operators here so I'm asking for comments. We live very close to the former Pease AFB. During its life the base used plenty of firefighting foam both for practice and for actual events. The PFAS in the foam is just one of the many contaminates released into the environment during the cold war but it's the only ones that are classified as forever chemicals. We have two shallow wells: one supplies the house and the other is a former irrigation well that just fills the pool now. Since the house well is shallow and subject to bacteria we have UV sterilization along with a sediment filter. An Air Force contractor regularly tests the house well for PFAS and two monitoring wells they installed on the property. We don't currently have any exceedance the last one marginally over EPA limits occurred in 2018. The Air Force is under pressure to finalize all remediation. We've been offered two solutions: They'll hook us up to municipal water which is the Portsmouth city system. I don't think they realize the difficulty and extent of that solution as it's over 1000' to the supply and the line that they say will be buried 5' below grade will have to go under two culverts on the causeway that's the ROW drive to our house. They estimate the water bill will be $500. +/- per year. Most government estimates are usually wrong by half in my experience. The second solution is they'll install a POE system consisting of three tanks with carbon filters. After installation future monitoring and filter replacements will be on us with an estimated annual cost approaching nine grand/year! I suspect we could get a lawyer involved but the municipal hookup seems the best option especially when we finally decide to sell. I have reservations about the municipal system as the hydrant at the street is a red top or low pressure. They are green, yellow or red. I'm going to call the water manager today. He's an acquaintance and should give me the straight scoop. Municipal water line was installed around 1960. Thoughts?