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Fauquier Water & Sanitation Authority warns of moderate drought, PFAS treatment costs and seeks state funds
Summary
Ben Shoemaker, executive director of the Fauquier County Water and Sanitation Authority, updated the board on drought conditions, PFAS contamination levels in multiple wells, and the authority’s funding requests to state and federal programs to address treatment needs estimated at roughly $44.4 million.
Ben Shoemaker, executive director of the Fauquier County Water and Sanitation Authority, told the Board of Supervisors that the county remains in a moderate drought and that testing shows per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) above anticipated regulatory limits in a portion of the system’s supply wells.
Shoemaker said 16 of the authority’s groundwater wells test above the levels that will require mitigation and that those wells represent roughly 50% of the system’s capacity; he cited a high-level, countywide estimate of about $44.4 million to address treatment needs…
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