Is $39 million enough to clean up PFAS contamination in Pennsylvania? The EPA thinks so.

The Environmental Protection Agency is providing more than $39 million to Pennsylvania to help communities test for and address PFAS contamination in drinking water, particularly in smaller and underserved areas that often struggle to afford treatment systems and infrastructure improvements.

The funding is being distributed through the agency’s Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities grant program, which helps states and local water systems respond to PFAS and other contaminants that have raised increasing public health concerns in recent years.