Who is our PFAS testing expert here?

[Earl Weiss]

Im going to just leave these here...

Like asking if I would rather slide a mile on a razor blade or suck on a dogs nose until it's face cave in.

 

[Eric H]

Just to follow up, 5 carwash owners met with the health dept director, water commissioner and the representative from Veolia water (they are the subcontractors that operate the waste water treatment facility).
The EPA has mandated this testing to monitor PFAS. We have to absorb the fees as required by city bylaws. Everyone more or less agreed that this is likely a waste of time/money because we don’t use PFAS in our chemicals BUT it is mandated by the EPA so there is no choice except to test. The city needs to do this to maintain their waste water license.
The samples are used to establish baseline standards. There are no maximum levels that would trigger a need to shut down a carwash or require on site waste water treatment AT THIS TIME.
You should all expect to have similar programs implemented in your municipalities that have waste water treatment plants

 

[Dan kamsickas]

The city needs to do this to maintain their waste water license.

There's the "Be a shame if something happened to your........." threat.

The samples are used to establish baseline standards. There are no maximum levels that would trigger a need to shut down a carwash or require on site waste water treatment AT THIS TIME.

"We just want you to submit a DNA sample in case we decide you're a suspect later on"