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Municipal authority asks board to allow PFOS test well on elementary school property
Summary
A municipal authority representative asked the Delaware Valley School District board for permission to install a temporary test well on school property after lab data showed long-term PFOS averages above the referenced threshold; board members requested written agreements, proof of lab results and assurances about site safety for students.
Vincent Cordova, representing the municipal authority, asked the Delaware Valley School District Board of Education for permission to install a temporary test well on Delaware Valley Elementary School property to confirm a potential new clean water source after PFOS sampling showed elevated levels.
Cordova said the state Department of Environmental Protection began requiring water facilities to test for PFOS in 2024 and that “one of our three pumping locations was being affected by these PFOS chemicals, specifically PFOS.” He asked the board to allow a short-term test drill at a location identified by the municipal authority’s hydrogeologist on district land, saying the drilling would confirm the site’s viability.
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