Airway Heights water is safe for consumption

The water in Airway Heights is safe to drink again.

During a June 8 press conference, City Manager Albert Tripp announced staff received the third round of test results for perfluoro chemical contamination. Twenty of the 21 samples that were sent to Anatek Labs on Monday, June 5, tested non-detect or below the 70 parts per trillion Environmental Health Advisory levels. At the recommendation of the state Health Department, city officials lifted its water restriction advising residents and businesses to not use city water for consumption.

The sample that tested above advisory levels was from the...