Steve Fleischacker News Today

The EPA has recently set limits on PFAS hazardous "forever chemicals" in our drinking water supply. Find out from our local water quality experts how our water utilities plan to remove PFAS from our drinking water, who will pay for it, and what you can do to avoid PFAS at home.

Across Tampa Bay, experts who oversee the drinking water supply for more than 2.5 million Floridians have, for months, been preparing for new federal limits on a group of harmful but widely used chemicals. The big moment came on Wednesday, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced final regulations for six substances that are found in anything from the food and water we ingest to ...