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MPCA asks $8M in bonding to connect contaminated Andover wells to municipal water
Summary
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency told the Senate Capital Investment Committee it seeks $8 million in general obligation bonds to extend municipal water to the Red Oaks neighborhood of Andover after PFAS and 1,4-dioxane detections in private wells; phase 1 (2023) connected about 93 homes at a cost of $6.1 million.
Alexis Donath, legislative coordinator for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), told the Senate Capital Investment Committee that the governor's capital budget recommends $8 million in general obligation bonds to fund a grant program that addresses contaminated private wells and to construct the public-right-of-way portion of a municipal water connection for the Red Oaks neighborhood in Andover.
Donath said the phase-1 connection funded in 2023 cost about $6.1 million and extended municipal water service to 93 of 94 homes in that first phase. The MPCA described the current request as the second phase of that neighborhood work and said the phase-2 connection would provide municipal water service to 96…
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