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Decatur Utilities to pilot full-scale PFAS treatment, staff to seek $1.5M ADEM loan
Summary
Decatur Utilities staff told the City Council work session they plan a $1.13 million on-site pilot study to evaluate PFAS treatment technologies and will seek a $1.5 million Alabama Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan that the utility says is fully principal-forgiven.
Decatur Utilities plans to run a full-scale, on-site pilot test of PFAS treatment technologies at its raw water treatment plant and will ask council next week to authorize a professional services agreement and a loan application. Tom Cleveland, water resource manager for Decatur Utilities, told the City Council work session that the utility completed a laboratory bench-scale, phase 1 treatability study in late 2024 and is now proposing a phase 2 on-site pilot with Jacobs Engineering at a cost of $1,132,000. Cleveland said the phase 1 study cost $360,000 and the proposed phase 2 pilot would be funded by an Alabama…
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