California American Water Unveils New Well Treatment Unit in Rancho Cordova
December 05 2017 - 7:44PM
Business Wire
$1.3 Million Unit will Treat for PFAA in
Drinking Water Well
California American Water is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony
Wednesday to celebrate the commissioning of its new well treatment
unit on Nut Plains Drive in Rancho Cordova.
What: Nut Plains Well Site Treatment Ribbon
CuttingWhere: 3479 Nut Plains Drive, Sacramento CA
95827When: 2:30 p.m.
The unit will treat for Perfluorooctanoic and
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acids otherwise known as PFAA which are
found in some fire-fighting foams and other industrial materials.
It is an unregulated substance by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency that recently has been identified as a possible
water contaminant. In 2014 and 2015, California American Water
found low levels of PFAA at the wellsite, the only one of more than
60 wells in the area. In 2016, the EPA lowered advisory levels for
PFAA’s as new science became available. The company proactively
shut the well down and commissioned a treatment project to build a
unit to treat for these substances.
“California American Water is erring on the side of caution
because that is in the best interest of protecting public health
and safety,” said Audie Foster, California American Water’s
Director of Operations. “We took proactive measures to protect our
community, however small the risk. I want to thank our state,
federal and local government partners for assisting us in
expediting this project so we could bring this much needed well
back into service. I see this as a good example of government and
the private sector working together to efficiently accomplish the
shared goal of public safety and cost-effective engineering.”
The total cost of the project is $1.28 million and employs a
granular activated carbon system.
California American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE:
AWK), provides high-quality and reliable water and wastewater
services to more than 660,000 people.
With a history dating back to 1886, American Water is the
largest and most geographically diverse U.S. publicly-traded water
and wastewater utility company. The company employs more than 6,700
dedicated professionals who provide regulated and market-based
drinking water, wastewater and other related services to an
estimated 15 million people in 47 states and Ontario, Canada. More
information can be found by visiting www.amwater.com.
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