Public water utilities throughout Connecticut may soon be required to install millions of dollars in new treatment technology to help remove “forever chemicals” from the tap water that tens of thousands of people drink every day.
Those upgrades will be necessary to comply with a new federal regulation that seeks to limit people’s exposure to the chemicals, known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances PFAS for short.
The ‘forever chemicals’ have already been found in water supplies across Connecticut, and a new federal regulation could establish an enforceable limit.
Public water utilities throughout Connecticut may soon be required to install millions of dollars in new treatment technology to help remove “orever chemicals.
State officials encouraged the public systems to conduct sampling and to voluntarily share the results with the state and their water customers. But not all of them did that.