[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Pennsylvania to fund water treatment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Gov. Wolf announces $3.8M to help PFAS-contaminated communities in Bucks, Montco

By Kyle Bagenstose
Intelligencer (PA)
August 22, 2019 
 
 
 
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf visited Horsham Thursday morning to announce $3.8 million in funding to help offset the costs of water contamination in Horsham and Warminster.

For the past three years, residents of Warminster, Warrington and Horsham have been paying extra on their water bills, adding up to millions of dollars of costs to filter firefighting chemicals from their drinking water. It’s been an ongoing frustration and point of contention, and a perceived injustice by many community members.

Gov. Tom Wolf dropped by Thursday to join with state and local lawmakers in trying to lighten the load.

“Access to clean drinking water is a fundamental right of every Pennsylvanian,” Wolf said. “Today I am trying to lessen two undue burdens to these communities.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.theintell.com/news/20190822/gov-wolf-announces-38m-to-help-pfas-contaminated-communities-in-bucks-montco

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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