NACWA Raises Concerns Over EPA Plan To Sample Biosolids For PFAS

Wastewater utilities are raising concerns about EPA’s plans to sample biosolids for PFAS as part of a broad information collection request (ICR) referred to as the POTW Influent Study, urging the agency at a minimum to first complete a pending risk assessment of two PFAS in biosolids. The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), which represents publicly owned treatment works (POTWs), says it supports the objectives of the influent study to help identify industrial sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl...