Washington County / 3M seeks new test wells for old dump

By Bob Shaw
The St. Paul Pioneer Press

WOODBURY, MN - The 3M Co. is proposing to drill 15 new wells to test Washington County's water for pollution by chemicals the company created.

Plans for the wells are included in a draft plan to monitor pollution that was requested of 3M by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

If drilled, the new wells would double the number of wells clustered around an old 3M waste disposal site in Woodbury....Read more.