The EPA has announced the first-ever national drinking water standard for certain PFAS substances as well as a $1 billion investment to address PFAS in drinking water. April 12, 2024Alert On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced its highly anticipate...
SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): The EPA has issued the first-ever national, legally enforceable drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as ‘forever chemicals.’ Exposure to PFAS has been...
The foregoing patchwork approach has resulted in a wide range of concentrations for state-based PFAS drinking water standards or guidelines, ranging from 2 ppt (Connecticut "action level") to 400,000 ppt (Michigan enforceable standard) for certain compounds. Now that the EPA has finalized MCLs fo...
The US Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)has issued a national and legally enforceable drinking water standard for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances(PFAS).The National Primary Drinking Water Regulation sets an enforceable limit of 4.0 parts per trillion(ppt)for both perfluorooctane sulfonic acid(PFOS...
be required take actions to reduce the levels of these PFAS in drinking water if they exceed the proposed regulatory standards. EPA states that “[t]his could include removing these chemicals through various types of treatment or switching to an alternative water supply that meets t...
drinking waterUS EPATo help protect people from harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and ensure access to clean drinking water, the US Environmental Protection Agency has finalized tough new limits for six PFAS in drinking water. The standard, announced April 10 , will "reduce ...
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While theintroduction of PFAS MCLs is a positive development for public health, it also comes with significant implementation challenges and costs, particularly for publicDrinking WaterUtilities. These entities, who are passive receivers of PFAS contamination, will bear the burden of implementing trea...
EPA has set first-time enforceable limits for six PFAS in drinking water similar to strict limits it proposed last year while adopting new measures to ease compliance for water systems -- including extending the compliance window to five years -- and und
The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds in drinking water pose health risks at levels so low they cannot currently be detected.