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MUR NEWS 9 TONIGHT.
SHELLEY: NEW DEVELOPMENTS
ON THE ISSUE OF CONTAMINATED
WATER COMING TO MANCHESTER.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, RESIDENTS
VOICING THEIR CONCERNS, SPEAKING
GOOD EVENING.
I'M SHELLEY WALCOTT.
TOM: AND I'M TOM GRIFFITH.
IT COMES AFTER PFOA WAS FOUND IN
ONE PRIVATE WELL WITHIN CITY
LIMITS.
AT THE SAME TIME, SOIL TESTING
IS UNDERWAY NEAR ST. GOBAIN'S
MERRIMACK FACILITY.
WMUR'S MIKE CRONIN IS LIVE RIGHT
NOW IN MANCHESTER WITH THE
LATEST.
MIKE: FOR THE FIRST TIME
TONIGHT, ABOUT A DOZEN
MANCHESTER RESIDENTS GOT A
CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT THE WATER
CONTAMINATION.
CITY LEADERS WHO SAY THEY'LL GET
PEOPLE SAFE DRINKING WATER.
IT WAS A LESSON ON
PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID AT
HIGHLAND GOFFE'S FALLS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TONIGHT.
>> IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE ABOUT
EVERYTHING AND THEY'VE ACTED
VERY QUICKLY AND WE'RE HAPPY.
MIKE: THE KARAM'S ARE ONE OF
ABOUT 30 FAMILIES IN MANCHESTER
WHO RECEIVED BOTTLED WATER OVER
THE WEEKEND.
THE STATE SAYS PFOA HAS NOT
IMPACTED CITY WATER, BUT SO FAR,
ONE PRIVATE WELL HAS TESTED
THE CHEMICAL.
>> GOOD THING PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
OUT FOR US BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T
KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IF PEOPLE
WEREN'T DOING THEIR JOBS.
MIKE: TONIGHT, CITY LEADERS SAY
THEY'RE WORKING OUT A LONG-TERM
PLAN TO SUPPLY AFFECTED PEOPLE
WITH WATER.
>> AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE
WILL WORK VERY QUICKLY TO FIND A
RESOLUTION ON HOW DO WE GET YOU
SOME CITY WATER, WHETHER IT'S A
BYPASS SYSTEM THAT WE HOOK UP
WILL FIND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
DO.
MIKE: ALSO TODAY, SOIL TESTING
LITCHFIELD NEAR ST. GOBAIN'S
FACILITY.
OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES SAYS 106 SAMPLES FROM
EIGHT LOCATIONS WILL BE TESTED.
SITES INCLUDE DAYCARES, SCHOOLS
AND PARKS.
>> BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT
WE GET FROM THE SOIL SAMPLES,
WE'LL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A RISK FOR
DIRECT CONTACT OR NOT.
MIKE: DES SAYS IT'S TOO EARLY TO
TELL IF ANY ACTION WOULD NEED TO
BE TAKEN.
>> THE INITIAL SOIL SAMPLES THAT
WERE COLLECTED AROUND THE ST.
STANDARDS THAT WE LOOKED AT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
MIKE: MEANWHILE, THE KARAMS ARE
TAKING IT ONE STEP AT A TIME.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT
IT BECAUSE THEY'RE GIVING US THE
WATER.
MY GRANDKIDS ARE SAFE.
THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO.
WEEKS FOR THE TEST RESULTS TO