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“The Hawaii Department of Health says PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ have been detected in water samples collected from a treatment facility for a public water system serving the west side of Oahu.
Trace levels of PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, were detected at the Ho‘ae‘ae Wells Granular Activated Carbon Treatment Facility of the Waipahu-Ewa-Waianae water system, said DOH in a news release — which serves residents from Ewa Beach to Makaha, including Kapolei, Nanakuli and Waianae.
The facility is owned by the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, which notified DOH of the initial detection by email on March 19. The PFAS was confirmed in multiple samples collected from the facility on Nov. 20 and Feb. 14.” …