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Lake Elmo council approves Bay West access agreement for PFAS destruction field test
Summary
The Lake Elmo City Council approved an access agreement allowing Bay West to conduct a federally funded, field-scale PFAS destruction trial using supercritical water oxidation on city-owned land at or near 3445 Ideal/Bridal Avenue; council discussed safety, transport, containment and funding.
The Lake Elmo City Council on a unanimous voice vote approved an access agreement allowing Bay West to perform a field-scale demonstration of PFAS destruction using supercritical water oxidation on city-owned land near the Public Works site and Bridal (Ideal) Avenue.
Bay West representative Susan Roberts said the test would run about "4 to 5 weeks" and that "there's no cost. This is federally funded research." Roberts described the technology as using "water at critical temperatures and pressures" to destroy…
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