In First-Time Rule, EPA Sets Strict Limits For Six PFAS In Drinking Water

EPA has set first-time enforceable limits for six PFAS in drinking water similar to strict limits it proposed last year while adopting new measures to ease compliance for water systems -- including extending the compliance window to five years -- and underscoring efforts to provide billions of federal dollars to aid in meeting the new standard. The final rule sets individual enforceable limits for five of the six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) the measure regulates, three more than EPA...