U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isaac W. Munce ()
Xavier Taylor, left, and Kayla Maholy, center, environmental protection assistants with Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC), Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler (MCBB) and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cameron Whitman, right, a hazardous waste technician with Headquarters & Support Battalion, MCIPAC-MCBB, draw perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Effluent Treatment System (PETS) treated water samples on Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, July 19, 2021. MCIPAC and MCAS Futenma hosted visitors from the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG), Ginowan City, the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) and the Ministry of Environment to observe MCIPAC environmental branch personnel draw PETS treated water samples. Samples were provided to the OPG and ODB to enable them to test the water to demonstrate the effectiveness and safety of PETS.
