Wisconsin DNR Requests Wastewater Treatment Plants to Test for "Forever" Chemicals

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources asked 125 municipal wastewater treatment systems, including Milwaukee`s, to begin investigating for the presence of a group of chemical contaminants that pose health hazards to humans.

The agency is asking operators of treatment plans to trace potential sources of contamination from a suite of compounds that are coming under growing scrutiny, known as "forever" chemicals because of their ability to persist in the environment for long periods of time...

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Environmental Protection Agency launches PFAS Action Plan

Reducing PFAS in Drinking Water with Treatment Technologies

Published August 23, 2018

A Search of EPA website for PFAS is here....

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Ken Notes: The problem here is that we need to have affordable solutions in place for what we find. We do not want to get to far ahead of EPA or we will pay for solutions they already have in their budget. I hope we are we are in a position to work with the feds and demonstrate proactive solutions. Also we need to prioritize our problems because solving one and ignoring others is not in our best interest.