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Riverside utilities outline $97M treatment program for PFAS; council approves strategy and rate approach
Summary
Riverside Public Utilities presented PFAS treatment options and estimated a three-plant solution at roughly $97 million plus $19 million per year O&M; council approved staff recommendations to use settlement proceeds and pursue bonding and grants while phasing rate increases over five years.
Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) staff updated the City Council on Oct. 28 about treatment strategies for per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), describing regulatory shifts, system testing and a proposed multi‑plant compliance program.
Robin Glenny, assistant general manager of water, explained that RPU's groundwater sources contain PFAS above newly proposed federal and state limits that will require treatment when maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) take effect. She said existing system blending keeps delivered…
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