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Mount Airy mayor says town is working on PFAS contamination in drinking water, hopes to resolve in about a year
Summary
Mayor Larry Hushauer said the town was notified by the Maryland Department of the Environment about PFAS in Mount Airy's water supply and that the town has a long-range plan to remediate the contamination; he said repairs are expensive and complex and that the town has asked Carroll County for priority permitting.
Mayor Larry Hushauer said Mount Airy has detected PFAS contaminants in the town's drinking water and that town officials have developed a long-range remediation plan.
"Shortly after I came to office, we were notified by the Maryland Department of Environment about the issues of PFAS or forever plastics in the town's water supply," Hushauer…
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