The committee approved contracts for a Ward Water Treatment Plant tank recoating ($181,907), East Side Wastewater clarifier installation ($240,000), Upper Boulding sanitary sewer rehab ($2,207,480.43) and CHA inspection and pre‑resurfacing camera/cleaning task orders; staff also transferred $200,000 from PFAS settlement funds for lab testing and program planning.

Sherburne County staff described a new groundwater-data format created from decades of monitoring records and the board approved split sampling at the Vanko 1 closed landfill — including PFAS analysis — at a cost not to exceed $11,200 paid from solid-waste surcharge funds.

Elizabeth Townsend said the county’s private well grant will be smaller for the next three years ($30,000 annually) and noted the county was selected for a DNR PFAS-related grant that could allow testing of up to 25 wells and pay for reverse-osmosis treatment where PFAS is found.

Elizabeth Townsend said the county spent nearly all last years private well grant funds and that a separate DNR PFAS grant could cover testing for up to 25 wells; the county will still offer limited PFAS testing while narrowing local grant eligibility due to reduced funding.

CDC now encouraging doctors to consider more blood testing for PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.”