Hastings seeks PFAS funding after MN Legislature sinks bonding bill
The recent closure of the legislative session without the passage of the infrastructure bonding bill has Hastings going back to the drawing board.
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The recent closure of the legislative session without the passage of the infrastructure bonding bill has Hastings going back to the drawing board.
The City of Hastings issued a notice on Wednesday morning informing its residents that some of its municipal wells are now above the allowable drinking standards for PFAS.
New federal limits on the presence of "forever chemicals" in drinking water mean nearly all of Hastings' wells are above allowable levels.
In 20 communities around Minnesota, the drinking water supply is so contaminated with toxic nitrate from farm pollution that the state has the obligation to change the way farmers fertilize their fields. Yet four years after the state adopted its Groundwater Protection Rule, the Department of Agriculture has produced plans to help only three of those communities. One of the 17 waiting for ...
The recent heat blast and high levels of precipitation have kept Hastings on its collision course with floodwaters, and residents and businesses along the Mississippi River will likely see the