BLADES, Del. (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will designate a Superfund site in Delaware order to clean up industrial chemicals from the groundwater.
The Daily Times of Salisbury reported Wednesday that the site is in the town of Blades in the southwestern part of the state.
The Sussex County town of about 1,400 people is the former site of two metal plating facilities. Residents have said they suffer from high levels of the toxins in their blood. And “forever” chemicals known as PFAS have been detected in the ground water and in wells.
Officials have said the town’s water has been meeting federal and state drinking water standards since a carbon treatment system was installed. But the new designation means that the EPA will take over public water supply sampling and carbon treatment of the drinking water.
The EPA will also investigate the extent of the contamination and evaluate and implement cleanup options.
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