Due to the hard work and tremendous advocacy of our State Representative, Mari Leavitt, the City of DuPont will receive $855,000 for its PFAS construction project. This money is in addition to the $5,950,000 Representative Leavitt secured for the City in the 2022 budget.
Thank you, Representative Leavitt.
In total, the City has been successful in receiving $7,300,000 in grant funds to construct the two new treatment systems to remove PFAS (Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) that are a group of manufactured chemicals that have been used in various industries and consumer products since the 1940s. The City has been proactive in testing the water supply and actively working to keep PFAS levels below the State Health Standards. Even before the state or federal government established safe levels for PFAS, the City began designing and planning the construction of two granular activated carbon absorbers to remove PFAS from drinking water.
“The City of DuPont is grateful to Representative Leavitt for her tremendous efforts in securing this funding for the City,” said Mayor Frederick.
What if any of this money goes towards older homesteads on private wells?
We know that the PFAS has slowly migrated in our groundwater towards Puget Sound. Yet, both JBLM and our legislators have failed to reach out to any families living down gradient of the spill area that are concerned about contaminated water!
There are approx 28 families in Lakewood alone!
I’ve also secured over $9m for Lakewood Water District which services Lakewood and Steilacoom. Send me an email at mari.leavitt@leg.wa.gov. Would love to connect.