PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, has awarded a $650,000 grant to Wood River Health Services in Hope Valley to implement a treatment system to remove PFAS from the organization’s well water drinking source. Grant funding was made available via the Environmental Protection Agency’s Emerging Contaminant (Small or Disadvantaged Communities) Grant Program.
“Wood River Health Services provides medical, dental, and behavioral health services to 10,000 residents, yet their own drinking water system was found to contain high levels of PFAS,”
“When testing indicated that our own well water system had high levels of PFAS, we knew we needed to act quickly to address the issue to protect the health of our patients and staff,”
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