BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 22, 2022
Three Hancock County schools that were found to have high levels of hazardous PFAS in their water should have new filtration systems in place for early in the upcoming school year. Mount Desert Island High School, Brooklin Elementary School and Deer Isle-Stonington High School have some of Maine’s highest levels of PFAS — per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances — found so far in ongoing tests of Maine’s schools and other public water systems. The districts are installing new filter systems to make drinking water safe for students. But if that fails, bottled water will be brought in.