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  • The latest webinar in a series focusing on PFAS impacts on drinking water features Linda Dell, an epidemiologist with Ramboll, a global environmental consultancy firm. The webinar will start with a summary of the 2023 PFAS Symposium, then WQA’s Government Affairs team will recap comments submitted to the EPA on proposed PFAS regulation. Dell will…


  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of man-made chemicals that contain carbon, fluorine, and other elements. The two most widely studied PFAS chemicals are perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); these chemicals were voluntarily phased out of production in the United States by 2015. However, as many as 3,000 other PFAS…


  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of man-made chemicals that contain carbon, fluorine, and other elements. These chemicals have been in use since the 1940s and are found in a variety of products including firefighting foams, household products such as non-stick cookware, food packaging, and stain and water repellants.


  • The Water Quality Association’s Laboratory is now accepting requests for reduction testing of PFOA, PFOS and other PFAS compounds with detection limits down to 1 ppt (parts per trillion).


  • This webinar, “What You Wish You Could Know About PFAS,” looks at what the water industry knows about making drinking water safer. The panel discussion featured experts from the water filtration industry, representing a variety of technologies that have been established as effective in the removal of the PFOA/PFAS family of chemicals: Jonathan Burkhardt, PhD…


  • The Water Quality Resource Foundation set off a year studying the PFAS family of chemicals with this webinar, “What You Wish You Could UnKnow About PFAS.”


  • This report was compiled by the Water Quality Association (WQA). For more information, contact the Government Affairs Department at govaffairs@wqa.org. You can learn more about the Association at WQA.org or call 630-505-0609. Please refer to the regulation text for additional information, as regulations do change.


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  • This episode of the Water Quality Association Podcast takes a deep dive into the education sessions at the 2025 WQA Convention & Expo. Join Dr. Tanya Lubner, WQA’s Professional Certification & Training Director, and ResinTech Inc.’s Jennifer Smith, CWS, as they discuss the wide range of educational offerings.


  • Registration is open for the 2025 Water Quality Association Convention & Expo, to be held April 22-24 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA.