Multiple Community Water Systems in Texas Exceed EPA’s New Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’

Water researcher Eva Stebel pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response in Cincinnati on Feb. 16, 2023. Joshua A. Bickel/AP Photo

Multiple community water systems in Texas are reported to exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new regulatory limits on “forever chemicals” in drinking water.

A local ABC affiliate reported that over 420 water systems have submitted a report to the EPA, 113 of which detected levels of PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals.