Read the full article by Charlie Puallin (The Daily Progress)
“Following a law the state legislature passed this year, Virginia’s water regulators are beginning a process to identify sources of chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS or ‘forever chemicals,’ which were found above regulatory limits in drinking water in 28 water systems across the state.
The systems include eight from Fauquier and Loudoun counties, with a smattering of results from the rest of the state, including Fairfax County, the Hampton Roads region and Roanoke County in Southwest Virginia.
Combined, the systems serve about 2.29 million people, with the Loudoun and Faquier counties systems serving about 360,000. Six systems, consisting of the Loudoun Water Central System, and one in Newport News, Norfolk, Stafford County and Fairfax County, serve about 2.2 million people.”…