Residents of Hastings will have a chance to learn more about what state and local officials are doing to address PFAS contamination in the city.
Nearly all of the water wells serving Hastings have PFAS chemical levels exceeding new federal limits for drinking water, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
The meeting will be at 6 p.m. on May 9 at Hastings High School, 200 General Sieben Dr., in the school’s lower-level parking lot.
The event will include presentations by the Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and City of Hastings that will feature recent water-testing results, impacts of PFAS, updates on the investigations for sources of PFAS in the region, and project details for water-treatment plants. There also will be a question-and-answer session.
The meeting follows a recent public notice to the community about new EPA maximum contaminant levels for safe drinking water; five of six wells in Hastings have PFAS contaminant levels above the allowed levels, officials said.
Hastings is among several cities in the east metro that are stepping up efforts to handle the “forever chemicals” after the EPA on April 10 finalized standards of no more than 4 parts per trillion for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. While some communities are able to comply by shutting off certain wells or blending water with cleaner wells, others will have to install costly new filtration systems to remove the chemicals.
For more information, go to: hastingsmn.gov/city-government/city-departments/public-works-and-engineering/pfas.
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