Eau Claire breaks ground on $20 million PFAS removal facility

By Elliot Adams | WQOW | August 15, 2024

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"Construction to build a multi-million dollar water treatment facility in Eau Claire broke ground on Thursday, and when completed, it's expected to remove PFAS from our water supply.

PFAS has been a concern in Eau Claire for several years, and over half of Eau Claire's wells have been shut down since 2021. Now, a new PFAS removal facility has broken ground, with a price tag of $20 million.

However, according to Lane Berg, the community services director for Eau Claire, the city hopes most of the costs will be covered by a recent settlement with company 3M, and millions of dollars of federal funding secured from the offices of Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Derrick Van Orden."

Topics:

• ChemicalsPFAS
• Remediation
• Filtration
• ImpactDrinking water
• ImpactDrinking waterPrivate wells
• Measurement Techniques
• Monitoring Data
• PFAS Uses