 In August 2014, the Air Force had found 10 areas where aqueous film forming foam may have entered the soil including "a former fire-training area, three hangars, two buildings, a fire-truck testing area, two storage areas and a wastewater-treatment area".The military seeks to determine if the compounds are present, and if they seeped into the groundwater.The Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport is in the Big Springs wellhead-protection area for the city's water supply.