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Pembroke Pines OKs $6.08 million design contract for PFAS removal; disposal questions remain
Summary
The City Commission authorized a $6,079,965 agreement with Hazen & Sawyer to design ion-exchange treatment to remove PFAS from the city's water, while commissioners pressed staff about where and how the contaminated spent media will be disposed.
The Pembroke Pines City Commission authorized a $6,079,965 agreement with Hazen & Sawyer to design ion-exchange additions for PFAS removal at the municipal water treatment plant, while commissioners pressed staff for detail on how and where the contaminated byproduct would be managed.
Utilities Director Tim Welch told the commission the project responds to a new EPA rule with an April 2031 compliance timeline. Janine Wickriffey, a Hazen & Sawyer consultant, said the design work will include a disposal study: “we are going to look at spent ion exchange disposal and what those…
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