COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - The city of Collinsville is moving forward with plans to establish a PFAS removal system after discovering high levels of the "forever chemicals" in the town's water supply.

“One of the biggest questions we have is, this is a brand-new plant—why can't it filter fast enough?” asked Michael Crawford, chief operator for the water department

According to the Collinsville Water Plant PFAS report, Collinsville’s public water system is in the top 17% of PFAS affected water supplies in the state of Illinois.

Crawford said that while their facility is only six years old and effective at removing many sediments and minerals, it was not designed to filter out PFAS.

“We produce a really good product here, leaving the plant,” Crawford said. “But it doesn't catch PFAS because it

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