KINGWOOD — A West Virginia University civil and environmental engineering master’s student said she will take water samples from the city’s drinking water distribution system storage tanks, if the state will cover her liability insurance. Eva Bridges said the study will look at the ...
MORGANTOWN — Legislators got an update on Tuesday on the Department of Environmental Protection's program to address the protection of “forever chemicals” — PFAS — in drinking water supplies across the state. They also heard a progress report on the Fire Commission's efforts to ...
MORGANTOWN – PFAS are a family of chemicals found in thousands of commonly used products, and while the effects of many of them are uncertain, some are known to be dangerous to human health. They've captured the attention of Congress and of the state Legislature. On Thursday, the House ...
Just two days before the U.S. EPA released its new health advisory levels for four members of the PFAS chemical group, the Legislative Oversight Commission on State Water Resources reviewed a report prepared for the state Department of Environmental Protection by the U.S. Geological Survey. ...
MORGANTOWN – A recent legislative look at a group of potentially hazardous chemicals – called PFAS – in West Virginia's drinking water supply coincided with a U.S. EPA health advisory announcement lowering the recommended levels of PFAS. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has been a Senate ...
BY EVA MAYS West Virginia’s growing tourism and recreation industries benefit from clean water. Kayaking or fishing in contaminated waters makes those experiences a lot less wonderful than they otherwise could be. However, clean watersheds are also critical to public health. The ...