MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY. AIR FORCE HONCHOS AND STATE AND LOCAL DIGNITARIES ON HAND TO MARK A MAJOR MILESTONE AT PEASE . IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF ELEVATED PFAS CONTAMINANTS IN THE HAV WELL HERE, CAUSED BY FIREFIGHTING FOAM USED WHEN THIS WAS AN AIR FORCE BASE. TODAY, CUTTING THE RIBBON ON A $12 MILLION AIRFIELD MITIGATION SYSTEM, OR AIMS, A FIRST OF ITS KIND. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES WHERE WE REALLY GOT TO DIG IN AND FIND COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS. JENNIFER: THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELLS ON THE PEASE TRADE PORT. THIS FACILITY PULLS WATER FR THE GROUND AT 700 GALLONS PER MINUTE, AND CLEANS IT, PUTTING IT THROUGH GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON VESSELS ON ONE SIDE, THEN ION EXCHANGE RESIN VESSELS O THE OTHER, BEFORE IT IS PUMPED BACK INTO THE GROUND. >> THE IDEA THAT WE ARE PREVENTING THE FLOW OF PFAS IMPACTED GROUNDWATER TOWARD PUBLIC WELLS. JENNIFER AN EARLY ACTIVIST ON THE ISSUE APPLAUDS THE EFFORT. I THINK THERE’S A LOT MORE WORK TO DO ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> I WISH WE HAD A MAGIC WAND TO FIX IT ALL BUT THIS IS BEEN GREAT FO -- THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY FOR US TO LEAD THE WAY. AIR FORCE COMMUNITIES, NAVY AND ARMY COMMUNITIES, AND AIRPORTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE WORLD THAT USE THIS TYPE O FOAM. JENNIFER: THE AIR FORCE ALSO HAS A SERIES OF AGREEMENTS WITH NEWINGTON AND PORTSMOUTH, INCLUDING EXPANSION OF PORTSMOUTH’S OWN DRINKING WATER PLANT HERE AT PEASE. THAT RIBBON CUTTING SHOULD HAPPEN IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HA