BARNSTABLE, Mass.
(AP) – A Cape Cod town has settled a water contamination lawsuit with the surrounding county for $2.95 million.
The Cape Cod Times reports (http://bit.ly/2ts16Mh ) Barnstable County is repaying the town of Barnstable for capital costs associated with the cleanup.
The payment is being spread out over a 20-year period, with interest making the total payment more than $3.6 million.
Filed last summer, the lawsuit centers on the contamination of the Hyannis water supply from chemicals used in firefighting foams by the Barnstable County Fire and Rescue Training Academy.
___ Information from: Cape Cod (Mass.)
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