{"id":18822,"date":"2023-01-16T17:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T22:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paawwa.org\/?p=18822"},"modified":"2023-01-16T17:20:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T22:20:01","slug":"pennsylvania-adopts-pfas-limits-for-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/pennsylvania-adopts-pfas-limits-for-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Adopts PFAS Limits for Drinking Water"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pennsylvania Adopts PFAS Limits for Drinking Water<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Harrisburg, PA<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In a first of its kind rulemaking, Pennsylvania has adopted new regulations to protect Pennsylvanians\u2019 drinking water from PFAS chemicals by setting new limits on two forms of\u00a0per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances<\/a>\u00a0(PFAS).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The new rule sets maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in drinking water for two forms of PFAS \u2013 perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) \u2013 in order to protect the public from potential adverse health effects linked to exposure to PFOA and PFOS.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince Governor Tom Wolf signed\u00a0an executive order<\/a>\u00a0in 2018, DEP has been committed to protecting Pennsylvanians from the adverse impacts of PFAS. We are still learning more about these chemicals, and these new MCLs are a step in the right direction,\u201d said DEP Acting Secretary Ramez Ziadeh.<\/p>\n

The rule sets an MCL of 14 parts per trillion (ppt) for PFOA and an MCL of 18 ppt for PFOS. The MCLs are intended to protect against adverse developmental effects (including neurobehavioral and skeletal effects), and adverse immune system effects (including immune suppression). The rule also specifies requirements to ensure compliance with the MCLs, including monitoring and reporting, analytical requirements and approved treatment technologies.<\/p>\n

PFAS are a class of synthetic chemicals used since the 1940s to make water-, heat-, and stain-resistant products such as cookware, carpets, clothing, furniture fabrics, paper packaging for food, and other resistant materials. These chemicals are persistent in the human body and throughout the environment. PFAS have been associated with adverse health effects but are classified by scientists as emerging contaminants because the risks they pose to human health and the environment are not completely understood.<\/p>\n

The MCLs for PFOA and PFOS apply to all 3,117 community, nontransient noncommunity, bottled, vended, retail, and bulk public water systems. Of these, 1,905 are community water systems, serving a combined population of approximately 11.4 million residents; another 1,096 are nontransient noncommunity water systems (businesses, schools, and healthcare facilities) serving approximately 507,000 people.<\/p>\n

In September 2018, Governor Wolf signed\u00a0an Executive Order<\/a>\u00a0establishing the PFAS Action Team, moving Pennsylvania to the forefront of states taking proactive steps to address PFAS and other contaminants.<\/p>\n

Led by the Action Team, the administration has taken steps to identify and address contamination and establish a cleanup plan that will result in every Pennsylvanian having water free from PFAS contamination.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania is at the forefront of states taking proactive steps to address PFAS. More information on Pennsylvania\u2019s efforts to address PFAS can be found at this webpage:\u00a0www.dep.pa.gov\/PFAS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The regulation was published in the\u00a0Pennsylvania Bulletin<\/i><\/a>\u00a0on Saturday, January 14, 2023.<\/p>\n

MEDIA CONTACT:<\/b>\u00a0Jamar Thrasher,\u00a0jthrasher@pa.gov<\/a>, 717-319-1758<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pennsylvania Adopts PFAS Limits for Drinking Water Harrisburg, PA\u00a0\u2013 In a first of its kind rulemaking, Pennsylvania has adopted new regulations to protect Pennsylvanians\u2019 drinking water from PFAS chemicals by setting new limits on two forms of\u00a0per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances\u00a0(PFAS). The new rule sets maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in drinking water for two forms of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,14,7,5,11,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18823,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18822\/revisions\/18823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}