Wicked Local
Wayland will be offering bottled water at the Transfer Station on Wednesday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and at the Wayland Public Safety Building for pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and people with compromised immune systems, following the discovery of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the town’s water supply.
On Feb. 4, Wayland was notified that test results from January 2021 showed a contaminant level in excess of the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) maximum of 20 parts per trillion at the town s Happy Hollow well field, according to Town Administrator Louise Miller.
PFAS are a group of chemicals used in many industrial processes, Miller reported at the Board of Selectmen s meeting on April 5, and appear in many consumer products, such as waterproof coats, dental floss and pizza boxes.