Infrastructure Bank Awards $650,000 To Wood River Health Services To Remove PFAS From Drinking Water System

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, has awarded a $650,000 grant to Wood River Health Services in Hope Valley to implement a treatment system to remove PFAS from the organization’s well water drinking source. Grant funding was made available via the Environmental Protection Agency’s Emerging Contaminant (Small or Disadvantaged Communities) Grant Program.

“Wood River Health Services provides medical, dental, and behavioral health services to 10,000 residents, yet their own drinking water system was found to contain high levels of PFAS,” said Infrastructure Bank Executive Director William Fazioli. “This $650,000 Emerging Contaminants grant will allow Wood River to design and implement a robust PFAS treatment system, ensuring the long-term safety of their water supply, and ultimately protecting the health of the patients they serve.”

“When testing indicated that our own well water system had high levels of PFAS, we knew we needed to act quickly to address the issue to protect the health of our patients and staff,” said Alison Croke, CEO of Wood River Health Services. “As a community health center with a tight budget, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a new treatment system was going to be extremely difficult. That is why we are so grateful to the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank for this $650,000 Emerging Contaminants grant to implement a new treatment system that will ensure that our drinking water no longer contains PFAS.”

About the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank

Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank is Rhode Island’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners. We leverage capital in a revolving fund to offer innovative financing for an array of infrastructure-based projects including water and wastewater, road and bridge, energy efficiency and renewable energy, and brownfield remediation. These quality-of-life projects improve the State’s infrastructure, create jobs, promote economic development, and enhance the environment. www.riib.org – Facebook: @RIinfrastructure – Twitter: @RI_InfraBank

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