CHATHAM — Three articles were dispatched in record time at the Special Town Meeting on Sunday. It took all of 19 minutes for voters to approve three articles.
All the articles had the support of the Select Board and the Finance Committee. All of the votes were unanimous.
The biggest ticket item was $4.5 million for the construction and completion of Wells 10 and 11. Work was halted on the wells in 2010 when minor levels of the chemical additive MBTE were found in water samples.
Natural groundwater movement has since carried the MBTE out of the zone of contribution for the wells, according to Natural Resources Director Robert Duncanson.
Finance Committee Chair Stephen Daniel said the town needed to invest in water infrastructure.
Water treatment facility to deal with iron, manganese and PFAS
Chatham voters also said yes to $1.4 million for the engineering and design of new water treatment facility to deal with iron, manganese and PFAS for Wells 5 and 8. PFAS are known as “forever chemicals” because they do not biodegrade. PFAS levels were found to be above the state's acceptable limits when testing was done in April and September.
Ann Dixon of West Chatham, who said she was in support of the article, asked if the town was considering any PFAS preventive measures.
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” she said.
Duncanson said it was premature to identify any single source of contamination currently, but that “every septic system in the community is a problem.”
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