Sampling at the V.D. Parrott Water Treatment Plant in November 2024, February 2025, May 2025 and September 2025 indicates the average results for two prevalent types of PFAS — PFOS and PFOA — range from about 4.3-5.3 parts per trillion. That’s higher than a maximum contaminant level of four parts per trillion that the federal government plans to start enforcing in 2031.
A sample taken in February 2025 was below the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s limit of four parts per trillion for PFOS and PFOA, and the other three samples collected in November 2024, May 2025 and September 2025 were higher than that threshold. The new limit is based on the average of four quarterly samples taken over a 12-month period.
Samples were also collected on those dates at the Freeman Springs Water Treatment Plant, another facility operated by Dalton Utilities. All four of those results were below four parts per trillion for PFOS and PFOA.
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Test results at the V.D. Parrott Water Treatment Plant
PFOA