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Board accepts DEQ principal forgiveness offer for PFAS study, approves US‑70 water planning and interim water/sewer policy revisions
Summary
Johnston County accepted a $330,000 DEQ principal forgiveness offer and budgeted over $3.5 million in drinking-water settlement proceeds for a PFAS/DBP reduction study, authorized design/easement budgeting for a 24-inch US‑70 transmission main, and approved interim water and sewer policy changes clarifying mandatory connection rules.
During the Dec. 1 meeting the board approved several utilities items presented by the utilities director (referred to in the record as Miss Farmer).
PFAS/DBP reduction study funding: Director Farmer said the county began a water treatment optimization study last year to evaluate treatment options for PFAS and disinfection byproducts. Staff requested acceptance of a principal-forgiveness funding offer from the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Division of Water Infrastructure for…
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