[HN Gopher] How a California county got PFAS out of its drinking...
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       How a California county got PFAS out of its drinking water
        
       Author : adomasm3
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2024-09-30 19:31 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | The cost of this remediation nationwide is going to be brutal.
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       | https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/
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       | https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/
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       | > By the EPA's standards, Anaheim's remaining wells are now
       | considered contaminated. Lyster says the city will expand its
       | PFAS treatment capacity to comply with the federal rule by 2029.
       | All told, building PFAS filtration for all 19 of Anaheim's wells
       | is projected to cost $200 million.
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       | > Anaheim and Yorba Linda are part of the Orange County Water
       | District -- a public agency that manages the region's groundwater
       | and which helped to design, fund and build the PFAS filtration
       | plants. Across Orange County, more than 100 wells have exceeded
       | the EPA's new standards. Fixing the problem in the county is
       | expected to cost $1.8 billion dollars over 30 years, according to
       | OCWD.
        
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