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Andover seeks $8 million to extend municipal water to PFAS-affected Red Oaks neighborhood
Summary
City leaders asked the committee to support House File 2,080 for $8 million in state bond proceeds to connect 96 properties in the Red Oaks area to municipal water after PFAS detections in private wells.
Andover city leaders told the House Capital Investment Committee that House File 2,080 would provide state bond proceeds to fund connecting private wells in the Red Oaks neighborhood to municipal water after PFAS detections in private wells.
"House File 2,080 directly addresses the remaining needs of the western portion of our neighborhood, where testing has unfortunately revealed PFAS contamination in private drinking wells above the Minnesota Department of Health guidance," Jamie Barthel, mayor of Andover, said. Barthel asked the committee to support an $8,000,000 appropriation from state bond proceeds for grants to the city to design and construct mains in the affected streets.
Sarah Cotton, Andover city administrator, told the committee that the city expects $6,000,000 of the $8,000,000 request would be bond-eligible for public mains and that roughly $2,000,000 would be non-bondable costs that cover individual service connections and well capping. Cotton said the phase would allow 96 properties in the monitoring area to connect to municipal water and that many residents are currently reliant on bottled water or temporary solutions.
The committee did not vote on the measure during the informational hearing.
