TEMPLE TERRACE — Temple Terrace residents will likely have to wait at least six more months for a plan to remove PFAS chemicals from the city’s drinking water, after consultants said their work will extend into late spring, and possibly to the end of June.
City Manager Carlos Baia informed the City Council on Dec. 2 that CHA Consulting, hired to analyze treatment options and develop a wider water plan, will not meet the original hopes for a December decision on a long-term solution.
He cited the scale of the project, expanding testing to include other impurities and the rapid emergence of new treatment technologies, including potentially more affordable than the systems other states are now using…