Wisconsin may soon adopt one of nation’s toughest PFAs standards. WDA is part of the Wisconsin Water Quality Coalition that opposes this regulation change. Below are highlights from an article by David Wahlberg published in the Wisconsin State Journal on July 19, 2019.
Business groups are criticizing a PFAS groundwater enforcement standard recommended last month by the state Department of Health Services. The proposed standard, much lower than a federal health advisory level, would be one of the most restrictive among states.
“We are deeply concerned that such a standard could devastate Wisconsin’s economy and significantly raise the cost of residential water,” said the Water Quality Coalition, which includes Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the Wisconsin Paper Council and the Wisconsin Dairy Alliance.
The state Department of Natural Resources is charged with putting the groundwater standard into administrative regulations, a process expected to take two to three years.
“This standard will drive resources and jobs from Wisconsin to other states with more reasonable, science-based standards, and will increase utility costs for all Wisconsin citizens,” the groups said in a July 9 response to the proposal.
They said the studies referenced by the health department support 70 parts per trillion, not 20 parts per trillion.
Read the article in its entirety at https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/madison-to-test-last-wells-for-pfas-business-groups-oppose/article_23c58f1c-3828-577b-a183-d2cc428339d8.html
