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Barnstable County launches volunteer PFAS private‑well testing program funded by ARPA
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Barnstable County health officials and contractor Tetra Tech outlined a countywide, ARPA‑funded volunteer program to provide baseline PFAS and standard drinking‑water testing for private wells across Cape Cod, with roughly 270 samples to be analyzed initially and results posted anonymously.
Barnstable County on Wednesday described a new, ARPA‑funded volunteer program to test private wells for PFAS and other common drinking‑water contaminants across Cape Cod.
County officials said the program is designed to give homeowners a baseline of water‑quality data and to identify any areas that may need follow‑up by MassDEP or by local health agents. The county and its contractor, Tetra Tech, plan an initial round of about 270 homeowner samples — held to about 300 total ARPA‑funded analyses with roughly 10% reserved for follow‑ups — and will post an anonymous countywide report when the work is complete.
“This is a volunteer program, free to the public,” Jay Gardner, director of Health and Environment for Barnstable County, told the Assembly of Delegates. Gardner and Dr. Katie O’Neil, program manager for shared services, said the effort aims to reach towns across…
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