Marinette, Peshtigo residents frustrated with pace of PFAS cleanup

Marinette City Council member Doug Oitzinger stands over a ditch flowing into Green Bay, where water samples have shown PFOS levels as high as 2,000 parts per trillion before it’s treated. (Danielle Kaeding/Wisconsin Public Radio)

A yard sign in Marinette, Wis., in May 2021. (Angela Major/Wisconsin Public Radio)

Marinette City Council member Doug Oitzinger stands over a ditch flowing into Green Bay, where water samples have shown PFOS levels as high as 2,000 parts per trillion before it’s treated. (Danielle Kaeding/Wisconsin Public Radio)

More than 1.8 billion gallons of water has been treated to remove PFAS stemming from a Marinette manufacturer of firefighting foam, but efforts remain ongoing to reduce groundwater contamination amid a political standoff in Madison over addressing PFAS