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ADEQ outlines PFAS sampling, funding and mitigation options for Yavapai County area
Summary
An ADEQ grant manager briefed Prescott officials on PFAS risks, federal drinking-water standards, the state's small-community grant program and mitigation options; Prescott was identified as eligible for state PFAS funding.
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality staff briefed the Prescott City Council Subcommittee on Water Issues on Oct. 7 about the state’s PFAS sampling, monitoring and mitigation work and funding available to small and disadvantaged communities.
Sarah Conrad, grant project manager in ADEQ’s drinking-water section, said ADEQ has sampled many small public water systems and built a priority list for mitigation work. She told the subcommittee that Prescott is considered a disadvantaged community and therefore eligible for state-administered federal funding targeted to PFAS mitigation.
Conrad walked members through the federal regulatory backdrop. She said that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency established maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for several PFAS compounds — including PFOA and PFOS at 4 parts per trillion — and that public water systems are in initial monitoring and compliance phases under the EPA schedule.…
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