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Senate committee advances bill requiring PFAS monitoring for facilities draining to Occoquan/AquaCon watershed
Summary
The Senate committee voted to report House Bill 2,050, which requires quarterly PFAS testing and reporting for permitted industrial dischargers into the Occoquan/AquaCon watershed beginning October 2025; sponsors said the measure aims to identify discharges that could force a multi‑hundred‑million dollar treatment investment by water utilities.
The Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted to report House Bill 2,050, which would require facilities discharging industrial waste into the Occoquan/AquaCon watershed to monitor for per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at least once every three months beginning in October 2025 and to report results to the Department of Environmental Quality.
Sponsors said the measure responds to new Environmental Protection Agency drinking‑water standards for PFAS and to recent test results showing PFAS in treated drinking water drawn from the Occoquan, a primary source for Fairfax Water and other…
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