POWNAL, Vt. (AP) - Officials in a Vermont town have decided against replacing a contaminated well in favor of a long-term water filtering system.
The Bennington Banner reports the Pownal Fire District 2 board decided Monday to replace the temporary carbon filtering unit off Route 346.
Board Chairman Mark Smith says there were “too many variables for us to risk a new source well.”
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The decision comes after PFOA, or perfluorooctanoic acid, was detected in the water system’s well in 2016.
PFOA was used in coating and in a range of consumer products over several decades.
Smith says the state Department of Environmental Conservation would be notified Tuesday of the board’s decision.
The long-term filtering system requires state approval before it can be installed.
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