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Water staff outlines PFAS treatment system for Well 15; town to use retained earnings to fund equipment
Summary
Water staff told the Capital Program Committee the town is building an ion-exchange PFAS treatment system for Well 15, with an estimated pre-building cost of about $2.34 million and a total including a future building of roughly $4 million; the Water Commission has voted to use retained earnings to pay for it.
The committee heard March 5 from a water department representative that the town is building a PFAS treatment system for a public supply well (Well 15) where tests exceeded state and federal guidance. Mark Willette, speaking for the water side, said the underground piping work is nearly complete, equipment has been contracted from ECT in Portland, Maine, and the town expects to assemble and test the system in the spring.
Willette presented cost estimates for the treatment system prior to any building: about $1.4 million for equipment and shipping, $450,000 for site work, $100,000 for engineering and roughly a 20 percent contingency (~$390,000), for a subtotal of…
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