SHREWSBURY, MA — Shrewsbury will receive $76,627 in state loan forgiveness for upgrades designed to reduce PFAS levels in the town's drinking water.
The forgiveness applies to an $806,600 loan for the Home Farm Water Treatment Plant project, according to the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust. The trust's board approved the funding earlier this month as part of $108.1 million in loan forgiveness for 46 municipal water projects.
The project will expand treatment operations at the Home Farm plant and add a building containing PFAS treatment equipment for all of Shrewsbury's groundwater sources, according to the state.
Plans call for pressure vessels that remove PFAS and new aeration towers. The equipment will match the existing plant's treatment capacity of 7 million gallons per day.
The upgrades are expected to reduce PFAS concentrations in finished water and allow Shrewsbury to use the full permitted capacity of wells with higher PFAS levels. State officials said the work should also lower operation and maintenance costs for pH adjustment and the removal of volatile organic compounds.
The town awarded a construction contract to R.H. White Construction Co. Inc. and has scheduled the project for completion in June 2027, according to Shrewsbury project documents.
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