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Waldwick closes PFAS project, hires engineering firm to probe localized water discoloration

Waldwick Borough Council · March 12, 2025
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Summary

Borough officials said the town’s PFAS treatment work is closed out and that roughly $2 million of a $6 million project is forgivable; council authorized hiring HUM Engineering for a hydraulic model to investigate isolated discoloration and taste complaints and will collect resident reports to target testing.

Mayor and borough officials told residents March 17 that Waldwick’s long-running PFAS treatment project is officially closed out after the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued a termination of the administrative consent order.

Administrator Steve (functional_label: Administrator) said the project — about $6 million in total — included financing through the state’s I-Bank H2O program and that roughly $2,000,000 of the loan is forgivable. He added the borough expects additional settlement awards from PFAS litigation to be calculated later…

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