Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced legislation with Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to help communities combat per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination and exposure in drinking water and groundwater. The Providing Financial Assistance to States (PFAS) for Testing and Treatment Act would provide substantial federal funding for PFAS remediation in drinking water, and groundwater, including private wells.
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03/12/2020 WQA Convention Update
After much deliberation in the wake of rapidly changing and unprecedented circumstances surrounding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Water Quality Association has made the extremely difficult decision to cancel its 2020 Convention & Exposition, originally scheduled for Orlando, Fla., April 1-3.
03-09-2020 WQA Convention Update
These are uncharted waters for us, and like you, we are doing our best to act in the best interests of all concerned. We know that many of you rely on the WQA Convention & Exposition as your singular most important event for our industry for the entire year. We are committed to offering the best quality education, the best trade show and the best overall experience that we can, despite these unfortunate circumstances.
What’s in a name?
If you were to describe a salt-free scale-control technology as a “salt-free softener”, the customer would be very disappointed when their laundry wasn’t as clean as expected, or an industrial process failed due to the presence of excess calcium ions. This wouldn’t be good for the client, or your professional reputation.
EPA Proposes federal limit on 2 PFAS compounds
The proposed “regulatory determination” unveiled by the agency today is the initial step in a yearslong process of setting a mandatory drinking water limit for the chemicals PFOA and PFOS. It comes as many states, frustrated with EPA’s slow pace, have begun work to enact their own drinking water limits for those two substances and sometimes others in the same chemical family.
“The U.S. leads the world in providing access to safe drinking water for its citizens, thanks in part to EPA’s implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act,” EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a statement. Wheeler last year promised to issue the determination as he sought Senate confirmation for his post.
California issued updated drinking water response levels for certain PFASs
Notification levels are nonregulatory, health-based advisory levels established for contaminants in drinking water for which maximum contaminant levels have not been established.