Water utilities across the country will have to comply with EPA limits on 'forever chemicals' in drinking water by 2029. Orange County, Calif., got a head start.
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The Yorba Linda Water District built the largest PFAS water treatment plant of its kind because it had a big PFAS problem. In February 2020, the water district had to take all of its wells offline because they were drawing groundwater contaminated with PFAS. Lyster says there was a brief time when Anaheim had the largest PFAS treatment plant. “Kudos to Yorba Linda,” he says, “We're glad to see somebody else beat it because that means somebody else is addressing the issue.”
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