So I live in Michigan, but follow this sub because I like Maine from my very limited tourist experiences.
Michigan has a few previously industrial areas and military bases that have pfas contaminating local groundwater sources. $19 million sounds very inadequate if Maine is as contaminated as Michigan. The cleanup areas are all basically superfund sites, and people who live anywhere near them all have to be switched to city water or install something like reverse osmosis systems. Repeat that for a few thousand houses and money gets spent pretty quickly.
ComradeBob0200 t1_j91sbca wrote
Reply to Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $19 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Maine | US EPA by Shake-Spear4666
So I live in Michigan, but follow this sub because I like Maine from my very limited tourist experiences.
Michigan has a few previously industrial areas and military bases that have pfas contaminating local groundwater sources. $19 million sounds very inadequate if Maine is as contaminated as Michigan. The cleanup areas are all basically superfund sites, and people who live anywhere near them all have to be switched to city water or install something like reverse osmosis systems. Repeat that for a few thousand houses and money gets spent pretty quickly.