The Wednesday Wetness

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“We said, ‘Yeah, we’ll check all of our reservoirs and share the data with you.’ We happened to find one of these compounds in our Spring Hollow Reservoir,” Sarah Baumgardner, Director of Public Relations for the Western Virginia Water Authority said.

That compound is a part of our daily lives but shouldn’t be in our drinking water.

The Western Virginia Water Authority has been testing waterways and reports that PFAS levels have decreased at Spring Hollow Reservoir over the last several years.

“We are spending a lot of money and a lot of time to treat the water with granular activated carbon so that it is removed we are pleased to say it’s been effective,” Baumgardner said.