Woodbury's Water Is Safe And Reliable: City

WOODBURY, MN — The Minnesota Department of Health has (MDH) has updated its protective guidance level for two specific perfluorochemicals (PFCs) historically found in Woodbury wells. The new health-based values, based on daily consumption over a lifetime, for PFOS and PFOA are 27 and 35 parts per trillion (previously 70 parts per trillion). MDH scientists updated the values to better reflect new state-level analysis of the potential for mothers to pass along the chemicals to fetuses and nursing infants.

"Woodbury’s drinking water is safe and reliable," the city said in a statement. "Woodbury municipal wells met or exceeded the most recent state and federal drinking water standards."

Of Woodbury’s 19 municipal wells, water from four wells – based on the most current data - exceed the new MDH recommendations for PFOA and PFOS. MDH indicates that by the time Woodbury water is reaching faucets, the amount of PFOA and PFOS is under the new health based values.

Woodbury has made operational changes effective immediately that will reduce use of the four impacted wells, according to a news release.

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