Posts Tagged ‘emerging contaminants’
Little Compton school will lead the way in RI to abate ‘forever chemicals.’ Here’s how.
Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal — You’d never think there’s anything wrong with the water that comes from the town well next to Wilbur & McMahon Schools. There’s no odor or taste that would signal that anything’s amiss. But the groundwater that’s pumped up from an aquifer 180 feet below the surface contains trace amounts of…
Read MoreR.I. Infrastructure Bank provides $1.4M to study PFAS in drinking water
Providence Business News — The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has awarded a $1.4 million grant to the University of Rhode Island’s Cooperative Extension to continue its work assisting the R.I. Department of Health and the R.I. Department of Environmental Management in identifying reasons why groundwater and surface water might be contaminated with synthetic chemicals. Read…
Read MoreR.I. Infrastructure Bank Awards $1.7 Million To Chariho, Foster & Scituate Public Schools To Address PFAS
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Health has awarded a total of $1,714,928 in Emerging Contaminants grants to the Chariho, Foster, and Scituate Public School districts for water treatment upgrades to remove per-…
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