<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Begin forwarded message:<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="mailto:info@cswab.org" class="">info@cswab.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(46, 117, 182);" class="">CSWAB VICTORY!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(58, 143, 152);" class="">Wisconsin Recommends Groundwater Standards for 18 PFAS Chemicals<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;" class="">Communities Call on Legislature to Fund Statewide Testing of Public Water Supplies<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(46, 117, 182);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 15.399999618530273px;"><img align="left" hspace="10" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1" style="" class="" apple-inline="yes" id="E7D7ADCA-05F3-492B-AF1F-C57A07CBF813" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D6B5A2.B91C7E30"><b class="">WISCONSIN<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>– Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger is pleased to report that state health officials have recommended new groundwater quality standards for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://cswab.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WDHS-Summary-and-Scientific-Support-Documents-PFAS-Groundwater-Standards-Nov-2020.pdf" style="color: rgb(159, 103, 21); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">18 PFAS chemicals</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that are currently unregulated in Wisconsin. With these new health-based guidelines in hand, it now falls to the state legislature to secure resources for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://cswab.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-8-PFAS-Testing-Letter.pdf" style="color: rgb(159, 103, 21); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">long-overdue</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>testing of Wisconsin’s public drinking water systems.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">With few exceptions, public water utilities across the state have resisted voluntary testing for PFAS primarily due to the added cost. However, this means some communities may have unsafe drinking water and not know it. To date, less than 100 of the 11,000 public drinking water systems in Wisconsin have been tested for PFAS.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The new health-based recommendations result from a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://cswab.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CSWAB-Petition-for-Wisconsin-Health-Advisory-Levels-Summed-Total-PFAS-Aug-2018.pdf" style="color: rgb(159, 103, 21); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">successful petition</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>by CSWAB in 2018 requesting that the Wisconsin DNR set Health Advisory Levels for the summed-total concentration of all per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – including precursors – that pose a threat to groundwater. In January 2019, WDNR<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://cswab.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Wisconsin-DNR-Letter-Granting-CSWAB-Petition-for-Summed-Total-PFAS-Jan-2019.pdf" style="color: rgb(159, 103, 21); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">granted our petition</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and added 26 PFAS compounds to its list of priority contaminants needing regulation.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">This week, Wisconsin health officials recommended standards for 12 individual PFAS compounds and a combined enforcement standard of 20 parts per trillion for six PFAS compounds: NEtFOSE, NEtFOSAA, NEtFOSA, FOSA, as well as PFOA and PFOS. The Wisconsin Division of Health Services previously recommended a combined standard of 20 ppt for just PFOS and PFOA. Health officials said scientific evidence shows that the four additional compounds tend to transform into PFOA and PFOS in the environment and into PFOS in the human body.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Just last month, CSWAB and 33 environmental and public health organizations submitted a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://cswab.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-8-PFAS-Testing-Letter.pdf" style="color: rgb(159, 103, 21); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">joint letter</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to WDNR Secretary Preston Cole urging the agency to order public water systems in the state to test for PFAS. The organizations emphasized that widespread, comprehensive testing is the only way to know if drinking water in the state is contaminated with these chemicals.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">PFAS are a very large group of toxic man-made chemicals that are very persistent and mobile in the environment, creating huge groundwater contaminant plumes that readily migrate miles from source areas. Two-thirds of Wisconsin residents rely on groundwater for their drinking water.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Online at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);" class=""><a href="https://cswab.org/cswab-victory-wisconsin-to-set-standards-for-18-pfas-chemicals/" style="color: rgb(159, 103, 21); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);" class="">https://cswab.org/cswab-victory-wisconsin-to-set-standards-for-18-pfas-chemicals/</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(49, 133, 156);" class="">-<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(49, 133, 156);" class="">L<a name="OLE_LINK1" class="">aura Olah | Executive Director</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(49, 133, 156);" class="">Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(49, 133, 156);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);" class=""><a href="http://www.cswab.org/" style="color: rgb(159, 103, 21); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);" class="">www.CSWAB.org</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 89, 104);" class="">E12629 Weigand’s Bay South, Merrimac, WI 53561<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 89, 104);" class="">P: 608 643 3124 | E:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:info@cswab.org" style="color: rgb(159, 103, 21); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(33, 89, 104);" class="">info@cswab.org</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);" class=""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/cswab.org" style="color: rgb(159, 103, 21); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);" class="">www.facebook.com/cswab.org</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/CSWAB" style="color: rgb(159, 103, 21); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);" class="">www.twitter.com/CSWAB</span></a></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">
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