Join staff from the Delaware’s environmental and health agencies to discuss plans to sample private wells in areas adjacent to the Delaware State Fire School (DSFS) in Dover, for PFAS.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of synthetic chemicals, including PFOA, PFOS, and GenX, that have been used in manufacturing, firefighting and consumer products since the 1940s. PFAS do not readily break down in the environment and can accumulate in living things. Some toxicological studies have found that exposure to these substances can cause serious health effects.

Staff from the DNREC Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances and the DHSS Division of Public Health will meet with residents to ask for voluntary participation in sampling private wells in the area. DNREC and DHSS staff will answer questions and begin the process of scheduling well sampling.

State Fire School staff will host an open house and tour of the DSFS campus starting at 6:30 p.m. This is open to all attendees but will not have a virtual component. Participants will have an opportunity to tour the campus and ask DSFS staff questions.

The community meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and will have a virtual component.

This will be a hybrid meeting, with an in-person option at the Delaware State Fire School and a virtual option (please register for connection information). For more information, please contact DNREC-WHS Ombudsman Kat Caudle, at Katherine.Caudle@delaware.gov or 302-395-2604.