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State regulators outline PFAS findings, urge private well testing in Santa Cruz County
Summary
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality officials told the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors that most public water systems in the state showed no PFAS detections, but some systems along the Santa Cruz River corridor have levels above federal limits; ADEQ urged private well owners to review guidance and consider sampling.
Matt Narder, senior hydrogeologist at the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, told the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors that ADEQ has been collecting PFAS data across the state and is working to inform private well owners in Santa Cruz County.
“PFAS are a big group of chemicals,” Narder said, describing how the compounds, sometimes called “forever chemicals,” persist in the environment and can accumulate in people. He said federal drinking-water limits enacted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency apply to public water systems and that ADEQ has been helping smaller systems meet sampling requirements ahead of those…
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