As vote nears on Fairfield water expansion project, state says it’s unable to fund filter systems ‘in perpetuity’

MORNING SENTINEL • June 3, 2022

Fairfield is considering a $48 million expansion of the public water system as a way to help those with private wells that testing has found to be contaminated by PFAS. The state has notified town officials that it does not have the money available to maintain water filtration systems “in perpetuity.”