Program that helps monitor PFAS, water quality is running out of money
A state program that helps small water systems monitor contaminants to ensure safe drinking water for Arizonans could be insolvent by 2026, the Department of Environmental Quality says. The budget crunch comes as federal regulators prepare to impose new rules about harmful “forever chemicals” in water. The Monitoring Assistance Program will not disappear but is likely to increase in cost and operate differently, the agency said. The long-term reason for the deficit in the budget is rising costs and the fact that fees for the public water systems that take part in the program have remained the same for nearly two decades, officials said. The fees fund the program.
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