U.S. army fort riley
U.S. army fort riley
Introduction: Explore this web page to learn more about how the Army is addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at our installation. Environmental staff can answer your questions by phone during normal business hours.
You can reach us at (785) 239-3194.
We expect to update this website on Oct. 5, 2020.
Repeated testing of drinking water on Fort Riley since 2013 continues to show all drinking water supplied on the installation is well below EPA lifetime health advisory concentration (For example, 9 ppt and lower on Main Post compared to 70 ppt advisory)
Most on post customers are served by American States Utility Services, who will provide a Consumer Confidence Report with detailed information about sampling efforts and any substances detected.
Neighbors who are served by an off-post water supplier can contact their water supplier for a copy of the Consumer Confidence Report, which provides detailed information about sampling efforts and any substances detected in water. Contact your local provider for more information.
For private wells surrounding the installation, see Q2.
The Army is committed to identifying, evaluating, and addressing impacts resulting from its activities to ensure the health and safety of the communities in which we serve. The Army is taking a proactive, measured approach to sampling off-base wells. During the site inspection phase and throughout the cleanup process, we will assess whether drinking water wells may be impacted by Army PFAS releases. If the site inspection indicates your well might be impacted, Army could then sample the well.
At this time it is not known if any off-post wells are impacted by PFAS due to Army operations.
Because we don’t currently have any information to suggest that your private well contains PFAS, or at what level, we can’t make a recommendation until we know more about the potential release of PFAS off-post. For more information, talk to your local health department or physician or visit https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/drinking-water-health-advisories-pfoa-and-pfos
If validated results show that drinking water contains PFOS/PFOA above the EPA Lifetime Health Advisory Level (70 parts per trillion) from an Army source, the Army will provide an alternate water supply until a long-term solution is implemented.
According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, some scientific studies suggest that certain PFAS may affect different systems in the body. ATSDR is working with various agencies to better understand how exposure to PFAS might affect people's health, especially how exposure to PFAS in water and food may be harmful. For more information, visit https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/PFAS-health-effects.html and https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/docs/pfas_fact_sheet.pdf.
