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Study highlights staggering costs to remove chemicals wastewater streams
Jun 8, 2023
https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/study-highlights-staggering-costs-to-remove-chemicals-wastewater-streams/
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — Removing “forever chemicals” from Minnesota’s wastewater streams will cost anywhere from $14 billion to $28 billion over the next 20 years, according to a new report.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Tuesday announced the publication of the report, saying the first-of-its-kind study highlights the unaffordable costs of cleaning up per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and the need to reduce the use of PFAS.
The independent study was commissioned by the MPCA as part of Minnesota’s PFAS Blueprint, which is the state’s plan to prevent, manage and clean up PFAS pollution.