EPA’s PFAS plan cites one test above 99.99% destruction
EPA’s two-year PFAS agenda combines research plans with aid already underway. Its greater-than-99.99% result came from one industrial test.
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EPA proposes giving drinking-water systems until 2031 to comply with federal PFOA and PFOS limits
The EPA proposed retaining federal limits for PFOA and PFOS while allowing eligible drinking-water systems to request up to two additional years to comply.
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Hammonton closes $2.6 million state water-bank loan for system upgrades
Hammonton has closed on a $2.6 million New Jersey Water Bank loan to support upgrades, replacements and extensions across the town’s drinking-water distribution system.
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Temple Terrace continues work on a plan to remove PFAS from its drinking water
Temple Terrace officials were moving closer to a plan for addressing elevated PFAS in the city’s municipal water system, but a final treatment project had not been announced.
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EPA proposes giving some water systems until 2031 to meet federal PFAS limits
The EPA’s proposal would preserve federal PFOA and PFOS limits while allowing eligible public drinking-water systems to request up to two additional years to comply.
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EPA proposal would let drinking-water systems seek two-year extension for PFOA and PFOS limits
The proposed federal rule would preserve the existing PFOA and PFOS limits while allowing eligible public water systems to request up to two additional years to comply.
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EPA proposes extending some PFOA and PFOS compliance deadlines to 2031
The EPA would keep federal drinking-water limits for PFOA and PFOS but allow eligible systems to request two more years to comply.
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EPA proposes two-year extension for PFOA and PFOS drinking-water compliance
The EPA is proposing to keep federal limits for PFOA and PFOS while allowing eligible public water systems to request more time to comply. A separate proposal would rescind standards for four other PFAS categories.
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EPA Proposes Nationwide Monitoring of 30 Emerging Drinking-Water Contaminants, Including PFAS
The proposed sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule would require sampled public water systems to collect data on 30 chemicals, but it is not a final rule or a new enforceable PFAS limit.
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Garden Grove PFAS treatment project targets three city wells
OCWD’s July 15 board approval awarded a $31.8 million construction contract and set a $40.4 million total budget for PFAS treatment at three Garden Grove groundwater wells.
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Muscle Shoals water report shows PFAS detections as utility begins state-funded treatment study
Muscle Shoals Utilities Board’s 2026 report lists 2025 PFOS at 17.0 parts per trillion and PFOA at 9.8 parts per trillion. ADEM has made $370,000 available for a proposed pilot study, while permanent treatment, costs and possible rate effects remain undecided.
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Comstock Park PFAS discussion separates local questions from Northeast Gravel site response
A July 16 Plainfield Township discussion explained Michigan’s PFAS response system, private-well and recreational-water guidance, and the active Northeast Gravel investigation without declaring township-wide contamination.
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East Orange’s 2026 water report details 2025 lead, PFAS results and compliance notices
East Orange’s 2026 annual report says 2025 lead testing produced a 2.65 ppb 90th-percentile result, while PFOA and PFOS were detected below stated New Jersey limits and several notice and reporting deadlines were missed.
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Proposed Chemours PFAS Deal Would Fund Water Protection in 3 States
A proposed federal deal with Chemours would direct more than $450 million toward penalties, pollution controls and drinking-water protection near three-state facilities.
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Midland Park’s Wortendyke PFAS Plant Is Now Scheduled for Fall 2026 Startup
Ridgewood Water now lists its Wortendyke PFAS treatment facility at 32 Birch Street in Midland Park for online operation in fall 2026, later than the first-quarter target published in 2025 and repeated in January.
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Ridgewood Ravine PFAS Facility Reaches Acceptance Milestone
Ridgewood’s Ravine PFAS facility reached a formal acceptance milestone, but Eastside, Cedar Hill, pipeline work and related road impacts remain.
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New Hampshire Gets $1.8 Million PFAS Settlement for Public Water Systems
New Hampshire will place a $1.815 million BASF PFAS settlement payment into a state water fund for qualifying public systems and future mitigation.
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St. Cloud PFAS Pilot Begins Phase 3 Sludge Testing
A St. Cloud wastewater pilot has completed Phase 2 testing of Class A biosolids and begun Phase 3 on untreated sludge, with results still pending.
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EPA proposes rescinding SDWA PFHxS/PFNA/GenX (HFPO-DA) and Hazard Index
EPA’s SDWA proposal would rescind PFHxS, PFNA, GenX (HFPO-DA) and a Hazard Index rule—plus related MCL/MCLG provisions. Comments closed July 20.
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EPA proposes extending PFOA/PFOS drinking-water deadlines to 2031—what changes
EPA’s proposal keeps April 2024 PFAS drinking-water limits for PFOA and PFOS but would let eligible systems request a two-year compliance extension to 2031.
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EPA proposes two-year PFOA/PFOS compliance extension; comments due July 20
EPA proposes a two-year compliance extension for some drinking-water systems’ PFOA/PFOS MCLs, moving the deadline to April 26, 2031. Comments due July 20.
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Plantation warns residents about filtration sales pitches over tap water
Plantation FL – City says some home filtration companies are contacting residents with tap-water claims. Rely on the city’s testing and annual report.