The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies joined other members of the Water Coalition Against PFAS in endorsing the Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act, a new legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate that will hold polluters accountable for PFAS cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
Introduced by Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming), the Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act preserves the "polluter pays" principle for cleanups of PFAS under CERCLA by shielding drinking water and wastewater systems from cleanup liability when they properly dispose of water treatment byproducts containing PFAS. Without passage of the legislation, the originators of PFAS
