3M is paying to clean up PFAS. But for how much longer?

By Nathan O'Neal | KMSP | July 8, 2025

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"Minnesota-based 3M is required to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up PFAS-contaminated drinking water in the Twin Cities after the company dumped chemical waste in the east metro for decades. But with money from a 2018 settlement agreement running out, the company is now pushing back on whether all of those projects are "reasonable and necessary."

3M settlement: 37 active water projects across the East Metro

By the numbers:

3M is required to pay for drinking water treatment projects in 15 East Metro communities affected by PFAS chemical contaminations as part of an $850 million settlement with the State of Minnesota.

A FOX 9 Investigators review of settlement records reveals there are currently 37 approved and "active" projects underway as part of the 2018 settlement, including the development of water treatment plants in Hastings, Cottage Grove and St. Paul Park."