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As 3M settlement money dwindles, east metro cities still have <br />millions in water treatment costs <br /> <br /> Operator Bill McNamara at the Hastings Water Treatment Plant in 2023. <br />Hastings is one of several cities planning to build a PFAS treatment plant to <br />rid its water of "forever chemicals."© Angelina Katsanis/Star Tribune/TNS <br />Woodbury is pushing ahead with plans to build a $330 million treatment <br />plant to flush its drinking water of “forever chemicals.” And 3M, the <br />company that manufactured the harmful substances, is footing the bulk of <br />the bill. <br />But the east metro suburb is now wondering whether it can count on the <br />chemical giant to cover the cost of maintaining the sprawling facility.