2024

2024   On April 10, 2024, the U.S. EPA issued new Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for five PFAS compounds in drinking water, requiring water utilities to achieve compliance within five years $8 million committed from the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account...

ONGOING EFFORTS

ONGOING EFFORTS Utilizing the groundwater sampling program results to continuously evaluate and improve the City’s PFAS mitigation efforts Engaging with WPAFB, US EPA, and Ohio EPA in collaborative work sessions to protect our regional water supply from PFAS...

2023

2023 $11.5 million committed from the Ohio EPA’s Division of Environmental & Financial Assistance, together with the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA) Worked with US EPA Office of Research and Development to develop pilot project for PFAS...

2022

2022 $5.8 million committed from the Ohio EPA Division of Environmental & Financial Assistance, together with the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA), this included $3.5 million through Ohio EPA for federal BIL funding to investigate PFAS treatment at Ottawa...

2021

2021 Became the first municipal lab in Ohio to obtain certification to analyze PFAS, saving the City more than $100,000 per year in analytical costs Participated with US EPA and Ohio EPA to review WPAFB’s remediation projects, which aim to reduce the PFAS migration...