SOUTH POINT — The village council of South Point voted on Tuesday to authorize their engineer to generate a plan for filtering per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (known as PFAS) from a new well for the village’s water system. 

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency paid for construction of the new well, which has not been put into use after traces of PFAS were found.

Mayor Jeff Gaskin said the EPA has agreed to pay for the filtration system for the well.

He stressed that no well in use in the village has been detected to have PFAS before it was put online.

He said the plan will be formulated over coming months.

In other business, Gaskin said the council discussed vacancies on the village police department, after two officers were hired by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, an executive session was held.

He said otherwise, the March meeting was light on business.

The next meeting of South Point’s council is 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 8 at Village Hall.