RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU-WXPR) -Data as it relates to PFAS in Wisconsin can now be found in one place on the Wisconsin DNRs website.
The new reporting tool covers sampling for PFAS done in drinking water, surface water, and consumption like in fish.
Right now, the results of PFAS are scattered. They should start to fill in as more cities start testing their water supply.
Kyle Burton is the DNR Field Operations Director in the Bureau of Drinking Water and Groundwater. He says all municipal water systems will be sampling for PFAS in the next year.
And while the new DNR drinking water standards for two PFAS chemicals recently went into effect, that’s not the standard that’s being used with this tool. “The results here on this webpage in this tool though, they refer to PFAS sampling for drinking water as it relates to DHS’s recommended standards, those health-based recommended standards. They’re going to be able to go here and see what the results for their community is based on those health-based standards,” Burton said.
The Department of Health Services has a recommended threshold of 20 parts per trillion when it comes to PFAS in drinking water.
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