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Uxbridge receives first PFAS settlement payment; funds to offset water treatment costs
Summary
Town staff reported receipt of a $256,000 settlement payment related to PFAS litigation; payments are designated to help cover costs of the town’s water treatment project.
Town staff told the Select Board the town has received the first settlement payment in litigation related to PFAS contamination: a check for $256,000 described as the first of five payments totaling roughly $1.25 million.
The town manager said the funds will be applied to the water treatment plant project and could reduce the amount the town needs to borrow for treatment work. Additional payments are expected through the coming months and years under the settlement schedule described to the board.
The board did not take formal action on allocation at the meeting; staff said the funds would be applied to project costs and that further discussion on borrowing and budget implications will occur as part of the town meeting and capital-planning processes.
The town manager identified the settlement receipts as enabling a smaller planned borrowing need for water treatment, and board members flagged Article 13 on the upcoming town meeting warrant, which concerns the water treatment plant, for fuller discussion during the town meeting.
