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Jersey City: Hudson: 09/08/1983 [67] Link: NJD980505648: 40.734655-74.079689 Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination: Washington & Franklin Township: Warren: 03/31/1989 [68] Link: NJD981179047: 40.704642-75.015444 Price Landfill #1: Egg Harbor Township & Pleasantville City: Atlantic: 09/08/1983 Link: NJD070281175: 39.41528 -74.52695 Puchack ...
Of the 66,000 public drinking water systems impacted by the new standards, the EPA estimates that between 4,100 and 6,700 will eventually have to take action to reduce PFAS contamination.
Last week’s new EPA data show Miami-Dade County has updated its response to “Don’t know” for the question of whether officials were aware of any possible PFAS sources. But the cities of ...
Among the places where data is available, USA TODAY’s analysis shows large cities have exceeded PFAS limits at higher rates than smaller places. About a third of water systems serving over ...
In 1983, the case of the City of Perth Amboy v. Madison Industries was initiated and was not concluded until 2015, battling against two polluters for contamination of a city water supply in violation of the New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control and Water Pollution Control Acts. [3]
Other states that have issued PFAS standards include Michigan, New York and Vermont. [79] Between 2016 and 2021 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) tested tap water from 716 locations across the United States, finding PFAS levels exceeding the EPA advisories in approximately 75% of samples from urban areas and in approximately 25% of rural areas ...
In June 2020, the EPA and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection published a paper reporting that a unique family of PFAS used by Solvay, chloroperfluoropolyether carboxylates (ClPFPECAs), were contaminating the soils of New Jersey as far from the Solvay facility as 150 km. [185] and the ClPFPECAs were found in water as well. [186]
The EPA estimates that between about 6% and 10% of the 66,000 public drinking water systems subject to this rule may have to take action to reduce PFAS to meet these new standards.