Private Drinking Water Treatment System Consulting, Equipment and Installation Services – Marinette

In June 2026, a settlement was reached in State of Wisconsin (State) v. Tyco Fire Products (Tyco), LP, Marinette County Case No. 22-CX-0001 related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination from Tyco’s Fire Technology Center (FTC) facility in Marinette, Wisconsin. The settlement included a payment of approximately $10 million from Tyco to the State. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has been working with this impacted community since 2019. Following the settlement, the legislature approved the DNR’s request to use the settlement funds to provide safe drinking water to residents in the Town of Peshtigo whose private wells may have been contaminated by PFAS from Tyco’s FTC facility. The DNR plans to hire contractors to provide specific services to eligible properties in the Town of Peshtigo. One of the approved services is for the DNR to pay a vendor to install in-home water treatment systems to remove contaminants of concern from drinking water supplied by private wells. The DNR currently estimates that approximately 100 single family homes or small commercial buildings will be eligible under this state funding to receive a water treatment system. Treatment systems will vary by property. Treatment is envisioned to include elements, such as, water softening, reverse osmosis, carbon filtration and ion exchange. Treatment may be point of use (at the tap), point of entry point (whole house) or a combination thereof. The DNR can pay for maintenance of treatment system, as funding allows. Property owners will be responsible for maintenance costs once the settlement funds are expended.