{"id":6168,"date":"2025-08-22T16:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?p=6168"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:07:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:07:17","slug":"small-towns-deal-with-costly-pfas-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/small-towns-deal-with-costly-pfas-cleanup\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Towns Deal With Costly PFAS Cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;NEWS POST&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;CONTENT&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;ARTICLE CONTENT&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Analysis indicates that larger water utilities more often fail to meet the EPA\u2019s current limits for the two chemicals it still plans to regulate, PFOA and PFOS. About a quarter of systems serving more than 100,000 people exceeded the limit on average, compared with roughly 8% of systems serving fewer than 10,000.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/08\/14\/pfas-epa-forever-chemicals-drinking-water-pollution\/85639307007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest data release<\/a>, some of the smallest communities show the most striking concentrations of forever chemicals in their drinking water. Hundreds of small water systems have budgets that may be too limited to cover the cost of removing PFAS without raising water rates, leaving them to choose between passing costs to customers or finding other options.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;CTA &#8211; PIONEER&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#d2e2f4&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|12px|12px|12px|12px&#8221; global_module=&#8221;3747&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;HDR&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700||on|||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>PIONEER REMOVES LEAD, CYST &amp; PFOA\/PFOS<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb content_max_width=&#8221;600px&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;CALL-TO-ACTION&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|10px||10px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;|20px||20px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>PIONEER<\/strong> is the First of its Kind Whole-House Lead, Cyst &amp; PFOA\/PFOS Filtration Solution! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a> to learn more about this revolutionary product.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many small communities with high concentrations of forever chemicals in their drinking water have budgets that are too limited to cover the cost of removing PFAS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US Geological survey conducted research regarding different effects of droughts. In their recent study, they found that many prolonged droughts can cause a higher risk of exposure to arsenic in well water. Maine, New England, the Midwest, and the Southwest are all areas whose arsenic levels are regularly higher than the federal level allows. Although municipal water supplies are carefully monitored, private well water is not. This can be a danger to Americans because over 43 million people rely on private well water. A previous study revealed that somewhere between 1.5 and 2.9 million people are drinking water with unsafe levels of arsenic, and this number may increase to over 4 million in case of a drought.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increased levels of arsenic may be caused by a decrease in groundwater levels, which causes changes in water chemistry. There are also some human responses to droughts, such as using ground water rather than surface water, which may also affect exposure. 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