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Ashland approves studies, grant applications to address PFAS and wastewater upgrades
Summary
City commissioners authorized a PFAS carbon-feasibility study and approved applications and agreements seeking state and federal funds for wastewater upgrades and lead service-line inventory work.
Ashland commissioners on Sept. 25 approved a professional-services agreement for a carbon-feasibility study to evaluate treatment for PFAS in the city’s drinking water source and authorized applications and agreements to seek state and federal funding for water and wastewater projects.
Why it matters: The decisions aim to prepare the city for a federally driven limit on PFAS — so-called “forever chemicals” — and to secure outside funding for costly water-system upgrades and lead-service-line work.
Commissioners authorized a…
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