Wisconsin regulators provide bottled water to Stella residents affected by PFAS contamination


Wisconsin regulators provide bottled water to Stella residents affected by PFAS contamination


Regulators continue to investigate potential sources of contamination

Wisconsin environmental regulators are providing bottled water to one northern Wisconsin town due to PFAS pollution of private wells, while agencies continue to investigate a source of contamination.

Testing of private wells in the Oneida County town of Stella showed levels as high as 11,900 parts per trillion for PFOA — one of the two most widely studied PFAS chemicals. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources expanded testing last fall after statewide groundwater sampling of 450 wells turned up high levels of the so-called "forever chemicals" there...

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