U.S. is recommending low limits for 'forever chemicals.' Many Wisconsin communities have tested over it.

MADISON — When the Environmental Protection Agency last week released new guidelines for how much PFAS should be allowed in public drinking water s...

March 24, 2023
1:08 PM

MADISON — When the Environmental Protection Agency last week released new guidelines for how much PFAS should be allowed in public drinking water systems, it left officials in Mosinee concerned.  The city of 4,500 in northern Wisconsin knows it has elevated levels of at least one PFAS chemical — PFOS —in its public water system. But while that contamination amount is now above federal recommendations, it remains well below state standards. 'The city is concerned whether there is currently technology available to reduce PFAS to the EPA's proposed standards and the significant cost,' said Mosinee City Administrator Jeff Gates in an email.

Laura Schulte