Tucson Water has taken measures so that PFAS are not in the water they provide, but they are seeking compensation for the money they spent to avoid PFAS.
TUCSON, Ariz. — On Tuesday the Tucson City Council approved a motion that will let Tucson Water make a plan for how they are going to spend money related to water conservation and PFAS, which are long lasting chemicals that the EPA says can be linked to harmful health effects.
However, Tucson Water stressed PFAS are not currently in the water people are using or drinking. They said that’s because they haven’t been using the aquifer that has had PFA’s for years but some groundwater still has PFAS. Tucson Water Director John Kmiec said that groundwater is Northwest of the Tucson Airport and Davis Monthan Air Force Base. He said the City has been talking with the U.S. EPA and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality about PFAS in our system.“The directive from the regulatory agencies is to eventually make Tucson and the City of Tucson whole for the money that we’ve expended in avoiding the PFAS issue or dealing with it,” Kmiec said.
That’s where they shut down seven wells, mostly in Marana because of PFAS. That water will go back to the community. Kmiec also said they got a 3 million dollar grant from WIFA and that’s going to be paying for smart meters so that people can see how much water they’re using. He said this is phase one of a project where Tucson Water is going to be moving all of their meters to those smart meters.
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