Harmful “forever chemicals” flow from wastewater treatment plants into surface water across the U.S., according to a new report by a clean-water advocacy group. Weekslong sampling by the Waterkeeper Alliance both upstream and downstream of 22 wastewater treatment facilities in 19 states saw total per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) concentrations increase in 95 percent of tested waterways after receiving discharge from the facilities. … While advanced treatment technology to remove PFAS from wastewater exists, most facilities do not have it. None of the 22 facilities included in the study employed PFAS removal technology, the Waterkeeper Alliance said.

Other PFAS news:

• Santa Monica Daily Press: California rivers contaminated with toxic PFAS chemicals
• Smart Water Magazine: PFAS found in 98% of tested U.S. waterways, new report warns
• The Guardian (London, U.K.) ‘We thought we’d got the numbers wrong’: Holloman Lake (N.M.) is a birder’s paradise – and has the highest levels of ‘forever chemicals’ on record