April 11, 2026 Editor, The News-Gazette: The new W&L golf course, athletic facility, and events venue needs zoning special exceptions from Rockbridge County in order to be located in a residential area. Conditions imposed by the county for the first of these exceptions included testing of ground and surface water. Results show unsafe levels of metals and concentrations of PFAS compounds (“forever chemicals”) that are alarming — well above EPA action levels and far higher than anywhere else in the county. Wells and springs on neighboring properties also show contamination with a similar array of PFAS chemicals.
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