BLADES, Del.- Today, Daniel Bartlett doesn’t think twice when he turns on the faucet at his home in Blades.
"It’s clear.
Three months ago, it was a different story.
Daniel and his family had to pick up boxes of water gallons after elevated levels of perfluorinated compounds were found in the town’s water supply.
Today, that issue no longer exists thanks to a new carbon filtration system installed back in February.
Blades Water Maintenance Supervisor Brandon Slater said the town is eyeing a water plant expansion costing around $1 million.
Slater said the plan is to bring in two smaller filtration tanks to replace the one installed back in February, although no plans are official yet.
"With the issues that we had, you know, just to have something in place in case something should happen with the first one," said Slater.
The ongoing testing comes after several private wells tested positive for elevated levels of PFCs.
Slater said the town, along with DNREC, will host another community meeting once more information is available.