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Resident urges Albany County to ban biosolids after private wells test positive for E. coli and PFAs
Summary
A New Scotland resident told the legislature that repeated spreading of biosolids on nearby farmland contaminated multiple private wells with bacteria and PFAs and asked the county to ban land application of biosolids to protect drinking water.
A New Scotland resident told the Albany County Legislature on April 14 that land application of biosolids near his home contaminated multiple private wells with bacteria and trace-level PFAS chemicals, and asked the county to ban biosolids spreading.
Ryan Dunham, who said he has lived near Thatcher Park for 21 years, described a summer when odors from a nearby field were followed by tests showing his 320-foot-deep well contained E. coli and coliform…
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