PFAS News & Announcements

PFAS Treatment Update

The Chelmsford Water District is one of the latest communities tasked with building treatment facilities to address PFAS contamination that... more ››

Draft Intended Use Plan for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

UPDATE: The MassDEP Intended Use Plan is now FINAL and we are please to have placed 2nd on this list of important projects.... more ››

MassDEP Intended Use Plan recommending CWD for funding through the State Revolving Fund program in calendar year 2024

The Chelmsford Water District is happy to announce they have been included in the Draft Intended Use Plan for Drinking Water State... more ››

New PFAS Update and Summary now available

The Third Quarter Update and Summary of 2023 is now available on the website here:

PFAS in the News: Channel 5 Report March 22, 2023

Removing PFAS chemicals from drinking water systems requires massive, expensive filtration.

2023 District Annual Meeting

To the Water Takers of the Chelmsford Water District,Attached is the voters information packet on the PFAS issue and it's solution for this... more ››

Library Presentation

On April 27th 2022, the Chelmsford Library hosted a virtual presentation by the Environmental Compliance Manager of the Chelmsford Water... more ››

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

This is the health advisory from the State of Maine on PFAS detected in harvested deer meet. ( ... more ››

PFAS MCL Violation Notice Nov 2021

Regulating Forever Chemicals

A Columbia University article on the difficulties regulating the chemical family of compounds known as PFAS

Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) Food Protection Program: Bottled Water

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) Food Protection Program publishes a list of companies licensed to sell or distribute... more ››

PFAS Study by the University of Notre Dame

This report by the University of Notre Dame (report link:... more ››

PFAS Tier 2 Public Notice

There is a full copy of the MassDEP approved Public Notice (PN) of the Tier 2 violation of the PFAS6 MCL attached to this posting. This PN... more ››