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Natick may purchase carbon filters to reduce PFAS contamination at the Springvale treatment plant. (Neal McNamara/Patch)
NATICK, MA Natick Town Meeting will soon take up a proposal to spend $3 million to reduce PFAS contamination at one of the town s main water treatment plants.
Earlier this year, Natick discovered levels of PFAS chemicals were above the state minimum threshold at the Springvale H&T treatment facility. The state maximum threshold is 20 parts per trillion (ppt), but the levels at two locations at Springvale have measured 24 ppt and 21 ppt on average in recent months.
Under state law, communities that detect elevated PFAS levels must work on long and short-term fixes for the problem. For now, Natick has reduced its reliance on Springvale for drinking water. For the long-term fix, Natick would spend $3 million to install carbon filters at Springvale to remove PFAS, and to build a new structure to house the filters.
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Wayland will be offering bottled water at the Transfer Station on Wednesday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and at the Wayland Public Safety Building for pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and people with compromised immune systems, following the discovery of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the town’s water supply.
On Feb. 4, Wayland was notified that test results from January 2021 showed a contaminant level in excess of the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) maximum of 20 parts per trillion at the town s Happy Hollow well field, according to Town Administrator Louise Miller.
PFAS are a group of chemicals used in many industrial processes, Miller reported at the Board of Selectmen s meeting on April 5, and appear in many consumer products, such as waterproof coats, dental floss and pizza boxes.
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April 7, 2021
A view of the Neponset Greenway trail near Granite Avenue last week. Bill Forry photo
Visitors making their way along the Neponset Greenway this spring may have wondered why there is a new above-ground pipe running along the trail. It’s part of an ongoing project helmed by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) to repair an aging sewer system in the neighborhood.
The sewage artery in question is MWRA’s Dorchester Interceptor Sewer, an approximately 6,500 foot-long brick structure built in 1895-1896. The Dorchester Interceptor conveys flows from MWRA’s Neponset Valley Sewer, as well as directly connected service areas in Boston and Milton, and discharges its flows to the Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) owned and operated “BWSC Dorchester Interceptor” that carries flows to MWRA’s Columbus Park Headworks.
The coronavirus variants are spreading in Mass. How worried should you be? These charts offer clues
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B.1.1.7 LINEAGE from outbreak.info. Photo illustrationRyan Huddle
Itâs been nearly three months since the first coronavirus variant case was confirmed in Massachusetts, and variants have been spreading insidiously through the state since.
The B.117 variant from Great Britain, which the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is now the most common in the United States, has been detected in hundreds of Massachusetts samples. The P.1 variant that rampaged through Brazil was recently connected to a cluster of cases on Cape Cod. The B.1.351 variant that emerged in South Africa has also been found here.