CHATHAM — Voters at a special town meeting Sunday will be asked to approve nearly $6 million to address PFAS contamination in two municipal drinking water wells and the opening of two other wells to help deal with the effects of a prolonged drought.
The meeting has been rescheduled to 1 p.m. Sunday, from Saturday, outdoors at Veterans Field due to concerns about rain.
There are only three articles on the warrant — the third article requests a little over $11,000 to pay bills that came in after the last town meeting.
After some rainy days these past few weeks, Chatham finally is not listed under any drought category in the state drought monitor. But town officials are concerned that if some wells remained closed due to PFAS, a combination of a surge in demand next summer, and the possibility that the Cape could experience another dry winter might lead to water shortages and the need for water restrictions.
Some of the town's municipal wells experienced water levels low enough to trigger alarms and the select board last month voted to open a new well and to call this special town meeting to ask for $4.5 million to open two other wells and $1.4 million to design a treatment facility to remove PFAS and iron and manganese.
What are PFAS?
PFAS are known as "forever chemicals" because their durability and stability mean they don't biodegrade. They've been found in the most isolated areas of the world and a 2018 study found PFAS in nearly half of 101 private wells tested on Cape...
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