Officials: No plans to expand testing after elevated chemical levels found in Killingworth wells
John Moritz
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Containers used to collect soil and water samples to detect for PFAS are displayed during a New York State Department of Conservation press conference in Cohoes, N.Y.Will Waldron / Albany Times Union
KILLINGWORTH State regulators said this week there are no specific plans to expand the testing of water supplies outside of town after several rounds of examination there found elevated levels of PFAS chemicals.
The chemicals were first detected at elevated levels in untreated water from a public source used by a manufactured-home community in Killingworth in March.
By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer
NAUGATUCK â The Board of Mayor and Burgesses on March 2 approved a new ordinance that gives officials the power to extend water lines and divvy up the cost among property owners.
Under the ordinance, the cost of extending a water line in residential areas will be divided among property owners based on the number lots capable of being served by the water main and abutting it.
In industrial and commercial zones, the cost will be divided among each property owner abutting the main on a case-by-case basis based on a front footage or âother equitable basis,â the ordinance states.