News Briefs: Study Finds PFAS Are More Detectable as WWTP Effluent

Recent research out of Western Michigan University finds that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are more detectable after being discharged as effluent from wastewater treatment plants. The study detected more PFAS in discharged water than from water going into the plants, which the researchers say is likely due to previously undetectable PFAS being subjected to aeration and oxygenation.Read more at Michigan Radio.White House Releases 'Rural Playbook' for Infrastructure Investments Officials from the President Joe Biden administration are on a tour of rural communities throughout the United States this month promoting infrastructure improvements, as the White House recently released its Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Rural