Long-term filtering may be only solution to Pownal pollution

The carbon filtering system is located next to the Pownal Fire District 2 well. File photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger
POWNAL — Pownal Fire District 2 board members learned on Monday that district water customers may have no option but permanent filtering to rid their drinking water of PFOA, the compound that has been found to contaminate numerous wells in southwestern Vermont.
Representatives from Unicorn Management Consultants, which was hired to solve the district’s water problems, s