PFAS

EPA Releases Preliminary Plan 16 Effluent Limitation Guidelines to Address PFAS and Other Contaminants

EPA Releases Preliminary Plan 16 Effluent Limitation Guidelines to Address PFAS and Other Contaminants

On December 16, EPA released its, “Preliminary Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELG) Plan 16.” The plan includes new studies, data collection...

Joint Association Comments on TRI Addition of PFAS and Categories

Joint Association Comments on TRI Addition of PFAS and Categories

On Thursday, December 5, ASDWA, the Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA), the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste...

EPA Finalizes TSCA Rule for PFAS and Toxic Chemicals Review Process

EPA Finalizes TSCA Rule for PFAS and Toxic Chemicals Review Process

On December 4, EPA finalized amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulations for reviewing new chemicals. This final...

EPA Publishes PFAS Rule Memos to Clarify Monitoring and Reporting Requirements

EPA Publishes PFAS Rule Memos to Clarify Monitoring and Reporting Requirements

On November 21, EPA published two PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) Monitoring and Reporting Requirements memorandums. One memo...

New EPA WaterTA Assistance for PFAS and Emerging Contaminants in Small and Disadvantaged Water Systems

New EPA WaterTA Assistance for PFAS and Emerging Contaminants in Small and Disadvantaged Water Systems

On November 20, EPA announced a new “Tackling Emerging Contaminants” initiative as part of the Water Technical Assistance (WaterTA) program. The...

EPA Releases Updated 2023 PFAS TRI Data

EPA Releases Updated 2023 PFAS TRI Data

EPA has released updated Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data that includes reporting on PFAS. The updated data show that during...

USGS Publishes PFAS Groundwater Contamination Report and Map

USGS Publishes PFAS Groundwater Contamination Report and Map

On October 24, 2024, the U.S. Geological Survey published a report and map sharing the findings of a study using...

EPA Publishes Final PFAS Aquatic Life Criteria and Benchmarks

EPA Publishes Final PFAS Aquatic Life Criteria and Benchmarks

On October 7, EPA published final Clean Water Act (CWA) aquatic life criteria and benchmarks for ten PFAS compounds. States...

Successful ASDWA and EPA Drinking Water Workshop Held This Week

Successful ASDWA and EPA Drinking Water Workshop Held This Week

ASDWA and EPA co-hosted the 21st Annual Drinking Water Workshop this week in Cincinnati, Ohio entitled, “Small System Challenges and...

Arizona Publishes Decision Trees for Drinking Water Utility PFAS Mitigation

Arizona Publishes Decision Trees for Drinking Water Utility PFAS Mitigation

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has published a document entitled, “Decision Trees for PFAS Mitigation Selection in Drinking Water.”...

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