ND awarded $9.4 million grant for projects addressing PFAS in drinking water 

DENVER, C.O. (KVRR) — The Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded North Dakota with grant money to fund projects aimed at reducing PFAS in drinking water.

PFAS, sometimes referred to as ‘forever chemicals’ describes a group of chemicals used in several products which have been found found in water, food, and even people around the globe.

The money comes from a 1 billion dollar national investment called Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities grant.

North Dakota is set to get 9.4 million dollars from the grant.

The money is to be used by communities, drinking water systems, and private well owners to help pay for testing, planning and other infrastructure projects that deal with PFAS.

“A lot of these towns are grappling with these kinds of questions, and that’s exactly what this money is for is to help some of these small and rural communities have access to resources that are going to help them get a better understanding of kind of the scope and scale of the problem in their communities and their drinking water systems,” said EPA Region 8 Administrator Cyrus Western.

News of this grant came shorty after the EPA announced plans to lower federal drinking water limits for some PFAS that had been established in 2024 by the Biden Administration.