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County surface- and groundwater program standardizes data; board approves split sampling and PFAS tests at Vanko 1 landfill
Summary
Sherburne County staff described a new groundwater-data format created from decades of monitoring records and the board approved split sampling at the Vanko 1 closed landfill — including PFAS analysis — at a cost not to exceed $11,200 paid from solid-waste surcharge funds.
Sherburne County environmental staff described progress on a groundwater data project that converts decades of scattered landfill-monitoring records into a standardized, queryable format and approved split sampling of monitoring wells at the Vanko 1 closed landfill, with PFAS testing added to this round.
June Volkers, the county’s hydrogeologist, said seasonal employee Hannah Figura spent the summer extracting and reformatting monitoring data that previously lived in multiple…
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