St. Paul Park officials have asked residents to limit their water usage after the state Health Department found excessive levels of industrial chemicals in a municipal well.
Since then, the city has blended water from two other wells to ensure that PFC levels met standards.
In March, the St. Paul Park City Council commissioned a study to explore solutions to reduce PFC levels.
The study recommended a filtration system similar to one in Cottage Grove, which was forced to shut down its contaminated wells after the state last year released new and more exacting standards on industrial chemicals in drinking water.
The filtration system could be rented by St. Paul Park and used until officials identify a permanent solution.
The funds would come from the money that the 3M Co. agreed to pay communities — up to $40 million — to help with short-term drinking water solutions, part of a remediation agreement the company approved in 2008.
Last May, the state Health Department announced it was tightening the acceptable levels of two types of toxic chemicals under the classification of PFCs.
Since the 2008 agreement with 3M, the Health Department has monitored drinking water in Washington County communities.
Last March, excessive levels of PFCs prompted Lake Elmo to shut off one of its wells and one water tower — the seventh time that wells or water towers in the Washington County suburbs had been taken offline because of PFC contamination.
"Residents of St. Paul Park shouldn’t be worried.