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Residents raise PFAS concerns; mayor outlines lead-service-line inventory, costs and federal assistance
Summary
A resident told council Feb. 25 she received a second letter reporting elevated PFAS in drinking water from the Conestoga River; Mayor Surajhi described the city's federal lead-service-line inventory obligations, estimated inventory and replacement costs, and an EPA assistance visit planned for March.
A resident asked Lancaster City Council on Feb. 25 for clarity and action after receiving notices that her drinking water contains elevated levels of PFAS; the mayor told council the city is conducting a federally mandated lead-service-line inventory and outlined its scale, costs and federal assistance plans.
At the meeting Tamara Hackman, identified herself as a Lancaster resident on the 800 block (block number given as 848) and said she had received two notices reporting elevated PFAS levels in drinking water sourced from the Conestoga River. She asked whether the city has a plan to shift sources to the Susquehanna River and what purification technologies the city is using to remove PFAS. "We deserve clean, safe water, and the city must take…
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