MPCA Looking Into Potential Contamination Of Water Wells In 2 Twin Cities Communities – WCCO

ANDOVER, MINN. (WCCO) — The Minnesota Air pollution Management Company has introduced it’s wanting into findings of contamination in non-public wells in two Twin Cities communities, together with one WCCO reported on earlier this week.

The Minnesota Air pollution Management Company carried out a research testing ingesting water in Andover’s Crimson Oaks neighborhood over the summer season and found 40 homes with private wells had ranges of dioxane, a poisonous waste product, increased than well being threat restrict — the brink for security. The municipal water, although, is clear to drink, the MPCA said.

Dioxane is a possible human carcinogen, the Minnesota Division of Well being detailed in a recent two-sheet explainer of the Andover research.

On Friday, the MPCA mentioned that they expanded the effectively sampling and located non-public wells above well being threat limits within the metropolis of Gem Lake. They despatched 150 letters to properties for sampling, and about 100 returned requests to get sampled. Roughly 15 wells exceeded limits, and people houses are actually getting bottled water.

The air pollution management company is speaking with Gem Lake residents about attainable long-term options comparable to deeper wells, hooking as much as metropolis water, or different alternate options.

It’s not clear the place the supply of the newly reported contamination is. Dioxane is used as a stabilizer in TCE, a chemical that was banned by the state following investigations into Water Gremlin. The MPCA mentioned they’ve following up on dioxane ranges discovered as a part of their ongoing Water Gremlin contamination investigation.

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Water Gremlin officers launched this assertion Thursday night:

Water Gremlin has been working in full cooperation with the Minnesota Air pollution Management Company when conducting the residential effectively testing.

The outcomes of samples taken to this point within the Gem Lake space present no proof that our group is the supply of dioxane present in residential wells. In truth, the proof gathered recommend Water Gremlin will not be the probably supply as the map from the Minnesota Department of Health signifies.

Residential effectively assessments displaying elevated ranges of dioxane are practically 1.3 miles from our property, whereas residential effectively assessments nearer to our website present no detection of dioxane.

There’s a neighborhood assembly on Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. for neighbors to study extra about subsequent steps.