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Minn. capital committee hears PFAS, small-town water infrastructure requests
Summary
Representatives and city officials described PFAS contamination and aging water systems in several Greater Minnesota towns and asked the House Capital Investment Committee for state capital funding to replace wells, install municipal mains, and repair storage tanks.
Members of the House Capital Investment Committee heard detailed funding requests March 20 from municipal officials about contaminated or aging drinking-water systems in several Greater Minnesota communities.
The requests centered on two related problems: private and municipal wells with PFAS detections and decades‑old public water systems that officials say cannot be repaired without state help. City administrators and mayors described ongoing reliance on temporary fixes, public‑safety exposures and the inability of small tax bases to absorb major capital projects.
Ross Olsen, city administrator for Sauk Rapids, told the committee a 2021 Minnesota Department of Health notification showed “test results for Wells 2 and 3 exceeded their recommendations for PFAS levels,” and said the city had shut those wells. Olsen said the city…
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