Category: clean water act

South Carolina River ‘Most Contaminated’ With Toxic PFAS in the U.S.: Report

South Carolina’s Pocotaligo River has been found by Waterkeeper Alliance to be the most polluted with hazardous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the country. The findings have implications for the health of residents who fish from the river, as well as rivers downstream. “The high levels of PFAS in the Pocotaligo River are very […]

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Environmental Groups Successfully Petition Alabama to Update Water Toxicity Standards

A group of seven conservation organizations has successfully petitioned the Alabama Environmental Management Commission (AEMC) to update the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s (ADEM) water toxicity standards for 12 pollutants. In April, the group filed a Petition for Rulemaking that argued that the existing water toxicity standards in Alabama did not properly protect public health, […]

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