… With the rapid rollbacks taking place across the federal government showing no signs of decelerating, many environmental groups have expressed concern that regulations safeguarding against PFAS contamination could soon be weakened or overturned. As a result of the unclear future of federal regulation, as well as the prevalence of PFAS in drinking water, many states have taken it upon themselves to strengthen their PFAS laws to protect their waterways. … One such example was seen in California, where state legislators introduced Assembly Bill 794 aiming to strengthen the State Water Board’s authority by empowering the Water Board to directly combat challenges to the existing federal regulation by ordering it to “establish emergency regulations that are at least as protective as current federal standards” (as of January 19, 2025).