Fall Foliage by Lake at Widewater State Park. Photo by Blaine Fitzgerald.

Pat Calvert, Director of Clean Water and Land Conservation at Virginia Conservation Network, is quoted supporting a new law to regulate PFAS in the Bay Journal. Polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, often called forever chemicals because they take decades to deteriorate naturally. PFAS are harmful to humans at certain levels. The bill directs any facility that could be a large source of PFAS in public water to report its manufacture or use of PFAS within 90 days after the Department of Environmental Quality’s request. The measure also establishes a PFAS Expert Advisory Committee to help DEQ and the Virginia Department of Health.

It became clear that there was a certain interest amongst legislators in the Senate and the House … to get Virginia at least being more proactive on the issue with PFAS and our water.