Category: Reports

PFAS and Aquatic Life

As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s commitment to safeguard the environment from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the agency uses its Clean Water Act authorities to develop recommended water quality criteria and informational benchmarks to help states and authorized Tribes protect aquatic ecosystems from several PFAS.

Environmental Protection Agency
October 1, 2024

United States Analysis of the Regulatory Inception of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances(PFAS) in Drinking Water Policy among States and Review of Regulatory Efforts made by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency

By Amy Hagarty, Bachelor of Science
A Thesis Submitted in Partial
Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of
Master of Science
in the field of Environmental Science
Graduate School
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
December, 2023

2024 PFAS in drinking waterDownload