PFAS

Background In 2019, the Vermont legislature passed Act 21 requiring all public community and non-transient non-community drinking water systems to monitor for PFAS. The interim standard for the 5 regulated compounds—PFHpA, PFHxS, PFNA, PFOS, and PFOA—is 20 ppt. The...

Letter to Systems Required to Test for PFAS

October 23, 2019 Dear Water System Official, Vermont Rural Water is sending you this letter because your system is one the 590 drinking water systems required to test their water for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by December 1, 2019. This requirement was...