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Security, Widefield and Fountain\u2019s water districts have so far spent $6 million responding to the contamination, and that is expected to balloon to $12.7 million by the end of 2018, <a href=\"http:\/\/gazette.com\/air-force-officials-say-service-has-no-authority-to-reimburse-for-widefield-contamination\/article\/1608148\">the Gazette<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force has pledged $4.3 million in aid, and only $1.7 million of that amount will go to the water districts. Much of the rest is being spent on bottled water and filters. \u201cWe don\u2019t back pay \u2014 we cannot reimburse,\u201d said Cornell Long, a chemist with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An email sent to the newspaper from the engineer center in response to a request for clarification said, \u201cThe Air Force does not have the authority to reimburse communities for costs incurred in dealing with environmental contamination issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military plans to continue studying the toxic chemicals in the foam and their effect on residents\u2019 health until 2019. Air Force officials said last week they do not expect to carry out a remediation plan for the contaminated wells until next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators found toxic chemicals from the foam reached concentrations of more than 1,250 times the level that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency deems safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Air Force report released Tuesday said that other sources likely contributed to the aquifer\u2019s contamination, though none has been identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delay has angered residents, and the cost is overwhelming the towns\u2019 resources, which will lead to rate hikes in at least two of the three communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe really need financial help,\u201d said Roy Heald, manager of the Security Water and Sanitation Districts. \u201cWe need to get going on those things before the 2020s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fountain plans to raise water rates by 5.3 percent this year, and Security plans to study a rate hike this fall. 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