PFAS Water Filtration Station In Town Of Easton

Press release from the Town of Easton:

June 10, 2021

The Easton Water Division has installed a self-service water filling station to provide water with levels of PFAS6 below 20 ng/L to those in sensitive subgroups (pregnant or nursing women, infants, and people diagnosed by their health care provider to have a compromised immune system) and other concerned residents. The filtration station is located on the side of the Water Division building at 417 Bay Road. The station can fill water containers up to 5 gallons.

For more information on the water filtration station, please visit https://www.easton.ma.us/departments/dpw/water_division/filtration_station.php. For more information on PFAS, please visit https://www.easton.ma.us/departments/dpw/water_division/pfas_information.php.

In May of 2021, Town Meeting approved capital funding of $9.2 million for the final design and construction of PFAS treatment filter plants. It is expected that the Water Division will complete the design and construction of these PFAS treatment plants in approximately 18 months.

This press release was produced by the Town of Easton. The views expressed here are the author’s own.