HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Department of Water Supply (DWS), County of Hawaii, has detected low levels of Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) for the first time in Kula‘imano Well A (makai) during voluntary drinking water well testing across the island.
PFOS is part of the group of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). DWS reported the findings to the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH).
The testing results ranged from 2.6 to 3.0 nanograms per liter. These results are within the acceptable limits of the safe drinking water standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA’s Maximum Contaminant Level for PFOS is 4.0 ng/L…