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Mayor reports on PFAS briefings in Washington; cautions on costs and coordination with desalination
Summary
Mayor Angelo Castillo summarized takeaways from the U.S. Conference of Mayors regarding PFAS contamination, noting treatment options exist but disposal of captured PFAS remains unresolved and urging coordination between PFAS remediation and desalination planning.
Mayor Angelo Castillo reported on his attendance at the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting, where PFAS and water quality were a prominent topic. Castillo said conference presenters described PFAS as ubiquitous and observed that technology exists to remove PFAS from water but that disposing of captured PFAS remains a challenge.
Castillo relayed an example shared by conference scientists: current allowable PFAS levels equate to a single…
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