A bill to require the provision of alternative drinking water to households whose private drinking water is contaminated with perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid substances from activities of the Department of Defense.

This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to offer alternative drinking water to households that get water from private wells contaminated with the chemicals PFOS and PFOA from Defense Department activities at a nearby military installation. To qualify, a household must be downgradient from the installation, its well contamination must have exceeded the EPA maximum contaminant level at some point, and another household in the same community must already have been eligible for alternative water from the Department. Alternative drinking water includes bottled water, connection to public water systems, or home filtration systems. The Secretary would not have to provide water if all affected households in the community have been connected to a municipal water system, or if the Secretary has already acted under federal cleanup law to reduce drinking water exposure.

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• Gary C. Peters Democrat sponsor
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