Hermon High School using bottled water due to PFAS in drinking supply

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 7, 2023

Hermon High School staff and students will drink bottled water for the rest of the school year after the level of PFAS in its well tested slightly above the state limit of no more than 20 parts per trillion. The district’s options include digging a new well for the high school or installing treatment equipment costing approximately $25,000 to treat the water supply, Superintendent Micah Grant told the school committee on Monday. Hermon High is one of 36 schools in Maine whose water supplies have tested above 20 parts per trillion for per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals or PFAS.