Tag: industry
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Upcoming Deadlines for Water Agencies for PFAS Settlements
Deadlines are upcoming related to the multi-district per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) litigation. The relevant settlements are with DuPont, Chemours, and Corteva (collectively, DuPont) and 3M, parties who allegedly manufactured various PFAS chemicals. The currently-pending settlements cover $1.185 billion for DuPont and $10.5-$12.5 billion for 3M. The litigation is focused on alleged contamination of drinking…
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Arizona Begins to Understand Water
Photo: Arizona has finally realized that it cannot grow forever because it doesn’t have water to do so. And this is going to be very, very interesting to watch. In one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the country, it’s a boom time — water-intensive microchip companies and data centers moving in; tens of thousands…
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Environmental group: Iowa’s waterway cleanup plan could take 22,000 years
The nonprofit’s latest review of the state’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy – the backbone of Iowa’s water quality efforts – found the plan still isn’t working, in the council’s view. State leaders, including the agriculture secretary, insist the program is making progress.
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Why limiting PFAS in drinking water is a challenge in the US
Andrea Amico (center) joined with Michelle Dalton (left) and Alayna Davis to form a community group seeking tests of those who drank PFAS-polluted water, including their children, at a redeveloped Air Force base. Credit: AP The EPA faces legal and other hurdles as it attempts to regulate PFOA and PFOS An article in the local…
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The Time is Now to Invest in Western Water Infrastructure
Commentary: The coronavirus crisis reminds those of us in the water world of the importance of the systems which sustain us. Our water systems are among the very most important. The need for effective planning, preparation and implementation of water policy and infrastructure is critical, as we manage the engines which drive our economy, our…
