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In accordance with plans approved the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) we have been conducting on-site water sampling at our facilities throughout Cecil County. This on-site drilling and sampling work began at the Cherry Hill facility in early June 2023 and we will continue to engage in sampling of the ground water at these facilities working with MDE.  

As part of our data driving approach to assess ground water conditions at and around our facilities, Gore has contacted specific residents in the immediate area near those Gore sites that are included in the sampling plan approved by the MDE.  The data collected at each phase of our plan has guided our efforts as we’ve expanded the sampling in the community in a step-wise approach.  Each data set informs our next actions. 

All parcels within the sampling areas have received communication from Gore.  If you have not been contacted by Gore you are not in the sampling area at this time. 

We will provide updates as they develop here. Please check back periodically to learn more. Should homes be added to the sampling efforts, Gore will communicate directly with those properties. 

Each resident in the water sampling area identified in the plan submitted to MDE was offered bottled water. All residents that have participated in Gore’s water sampling plan have also been offered a Point-of Entry Treatment (POET) water filtration system or, if the public water system was in direct proximity to their location, a hook-up to the county water system.  This was offered free of charge regardless of the water testing results.  This offer is only available to those residents identified as part of the water sampling areas in the plan shared with MDE.

Gore is using a stepwise approach based on the plan as provided to MDE and informed by the analysis of water sampling data from the Gore properties and other pertinent information. Additional sampling is being implemented in a thoughtful approach in consultation with MDE with data and science guiding our decisions every step of the way.

Residents in the water sampling area were contacted directly by Gore. If you received communication from Gore, please contact our third party contractor, Arcadis. Contact information was provided in the notification letter.

We recommend you contact the Arcadis hotline for assistance.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has a variety of resources available on their Web Site  

Basic Information about Your Drinking Water
https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/basic-information-about-your-drinking-water

Predicting How Effective Water Filters are at Removing a Variety of PFAS
https://www.epa.gov/sciencematters/predicting-how-effective-water-filters-are-removing-variety-pfas  

Point-of-Use or Point-of-Entry Treatment Options for Small Drinking Water Systems
Point-of-Use or Point-of-Entry Treatment Options for Small Drinking Water Systems, April 2006 (epa.gov)

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