Join MountainTrue and Conserving Carolina as environmental consultant, Ted Volskay explains the key aspects and the importance of the Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Water Act, and Contaminants of Emerging Concern. Ted will also identify common sources of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) and explain and give an update on the The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulation of six PFAS (a.k.a., forever chemicals) compounds in drinking water and the recent partial rollback of these regulations. Ted will also provide recent municipal water quality reports pertaining to PFAS for the cities of Hendersonville (NC), Greenville (SC), Charlotte (NC), and Rock Hill (SC). Finally, he’ll offer practical ways to minimize exposure to PFAS in home drinking water.
The Safe Drinking Water Act regulates the amount of organic and inorganic chemicals in public water systems to levels that are considered safe for human consumption. The Clean Water Act regulates the amount of organic and inorganic chemicals that can be discharged to rivers and lakes from municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants to levels that are considered safe for the environment.
Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) is a category of unregulated contaminants that can often be detected in the discharge of treated wastewater.at trace to low levels. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) monitors CEC levels in rivers and lakes downstream of municipal and industrial wastewater discharges as well as in treated municipal drinking water. The EPA will regulate CECs such as PFAS (a.k.a., forever chemicals) and pharmaceuticals (e.g., hormones, antibiotics) when they are determined to be present in public drinking water at levels considered to be potentially hazardous to human health.
Ted Volskay has been a member of the legal women voters of Greenville County, South Carolina for 30 years and he has served in a number of roles, including board secretary, interim president, and chair of the legal women voters of South Carolina environmental work group. Ted received his B.S. in chemistry from the University of South Florida in 1981. After graduating, he joined the Navy and served as an officer on the James Monroe until 1986. Upon completion of his service in the Navy, he attended Clemson University.
Come at 5:30 to order food, drink and mingle with fellow attendees. The program runs from 6 to 7 pm.
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by Conserving Carolina and MountainTrue. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people.
This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome.
