Feds sending $9.4M to South Dakota to tackle ‘forever chemicals’ in water

Program targets PFAS - polyfluoroalkyl substances - in rural communities, private wells

Jenny Kozak, a master’s student at South Dakota Mines, draws a sample of Big Sioux River water on Sept. 26 at Falls Park in Sioux Falls. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)

Federal officials are sending millions of dollars to South Dakota to help communities test for and address so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced $9.4 million in grant funding for South Dakota through a program aimed at helping small and disadvantaged communities deal with PFAS and other ground and well water contaminants.

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