In Hoosick Falls,
the public water supply tested at about 600 parts per trillion of PFOA.
Not exact matches
Under ABWI's Model Code,
water products derived from a source other than a
public water supply must be rigorously
tested by a professionally qualified hydrogeologist.
All
public water supplies are required to
test for a variety of contaminants.
The New York Democrat in September introduced an amendment to the
Water Resources Development Act that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to expand water testing for unregulated drinking water contaminants to all public water supp
Water Resources Development Act that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to expand
water testing for unregulated drinking water contaminants to all public water supp
water testing for unregulated drinking
water contaminants to all public water supp
water contaminants to all
public water supp
water supplies.
However, the Cuomo administration continued to press the EPA to expand
testing of all
public water supplies or, as an alternative, have the Legislature pass a measure to do just that.
And fueled by drinking
water contamination in Hoosick Falls and Newburgh, there is companion legislation that requires nearly all
public drinking
water supplies in the state to be
tested for emerging contaminants.
Jimino says along with
public water supplies, private wells are being
tested in the two communities as federal and state initiatives continue in Hoosick Falls to ensure people have safe drinking
water.
In June 2015,
tests of the
public water supply in Hoosick Falls were found to contain more than 600 parts per trillion of PFOA, according to a November letter from the E.P.A., with levels near the plastics factory going as high as 18,000 parts per trillion.
The Environmental Working Group analysis of 20 million tap
water quality
tests found a total of 316 contaminants — including industrial solvents, weed killers, refrigerants and the rocket fuel component perchlorate — in
water supplied to the
public between 2004 and 2009.
The Environmental Working Group analysis of 20 million tap
water quality
tests found a total of 316 contaminants — including industrial solvents, weed killers, refrigerants and the rocket fuel component perchlorate — in
water supplied to the
public between 2004 and 2009.