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Londonderry plans private‑well PFAS testing campaign and seeks grants for 12 waterline projects
Summary
Utilities committee members outlined a private‑well PFAS testing encouragement campaign, a water‑testing results portal for residents, and continued pursuit of federal funding for 12 priority water‑line extensions outside the Saint‑Gobain consent‑decree area.
Londonderry officials said on April 22 they will begin encouraging private‑well owners to test for PFAS contaminants, compile test results at the town level and push for federal funding for waterline projects that lie outside the Saint‑Gobain consent‑decree area.
The utilities group asked the council to support a communications plan and a submission portal so residents can upload testing results to a town database. "This would help us build out our home-by-home dossier for hotspot areas," a utilities presenter said, noting that combining state-supplied data with resident-submitted results will make grant applications more persuasive.
Officials also described two completed grant applications and said they plan to submit at least two more to Congress by March 2027 for waterline extension projects. The town identified a set of 12 priority projects outside the consent-decree footprint and said it will continue to seek funding support. "While Saint‑Gobain moves forward taking care of the consent decree, that'll enable us to take care of the people who are outside the consent decree but still subject to the same contamination," a utilities committee representative said, citing outreach work with federal legislators.
KPIs announced include compiling property water dossiers for the 12 priority projects by the end of the year, publishing two council updates on water projects by the end of fiscal 2027, and building an online testing-results submission portal by June 2027. Staff said they will also maintain regular communications with residents in the Saint‑Gobain/Tinkham remediation areas and hold targeted community engagement events.
Next steps: staff will continue grant submissions, develop the resident testing portal and post water‑project update pages with subscription functions to keep affected residents informed.
