PFAS

Wausau's Finance Committee is not going to open the check book just yet to purchase replacement filters for the ZeroWater pitchers that have been distributed to residents concerned about PFAS levels in the city's drinking water

Illinois has enacted a new law to prohibit the incineration of some PFAS-based substances

The state Department of Natural Resources' policy board adopted limits on PFAS in Wisconsin drinking and surface water in February.

Wausau residents can expect some movement on the PFAS front in the next two weeks

A Wisconsin judge has agreed to keep on hold his ruling from April that prevented state regulators from requiring businesses and others responsible for pollution by PFAS chemicals to investigate and clean up the contamination

Another Central Wisconsin community has been added to the list of those with PFAS contamination in their water

Six months ago this week, President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure law, and Wisconsin's towns and cities are planning how best to spend billions of dollars earmarked for the state

Dane County officials are suing dozens of firefighting foam manufacturers alleging their products contaminated the area around the county’ airport.

The mayor said the system would be the first in Wisconsin designed to filter the so-called “forever chemicals” out of drinking water.

The state Department of Natural Resources has restarted efforts to set standards for bacteria in groundwater after conservatives on the agency's policy board killed the attempt in February