The 2026 PFAS Compliance Playbook for Municipal Water Suppliers by Shanghai ChiMay Introduction The year 2026 marks a pivotal moment for PFAS regulation in drinking water worldwide. In the United States, EPA’s proposed rollback of several PFAS maximum contaminant levels has created uncertainty that states are actively resisting. In Europe, the recast Drinking Water Directive’s…
PFAS Remediation at Scale: How the EPA’s Billion-Dollar Push Reshapes Water Quality Monitoring with Shanghai ChiMay Introduction The scale of PFAS contamination in the United States is enormous. EPA’s economic analysis for the 2024 drinking water rule put national compliance costs at roughly USD 1.5 billion per year, and that covers drinking water alone—military site…
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Rapid PFAS Site Characterization: The Shanghai ChiMay Field Approach Introduction PFAS contamination at industrial sites, military installations, and airports presents one of the most complex environmental challenges of the current generation. These per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds have accumulated in soils, sediments, and groundwater over decades of fire-fighting foam usage, manufacturing operations,…
How Should Water Plants Instrument for PFAS When Regulations Keep Changing? Guidance from Shanghai ChiMay Introduction Water treatment plant operators face an unusually challenging environment when it comes to PFAS compliance. The rules governing PFAS in drinking water have changed repeatedly in a few short years, and the trajectory of future regulation remains uncertain. In…
From Forever Chemicals to Real-Time Detection: How Sensor Tech Is Outpacing PFAS Regulation with Shanghai ChiMay Introduction PFAS earned the nickname forever chemicals because the carbon-fluorine bond that defines these compounds is one of the strongest chemical bonds in organic chemistry. These substances persist in the environment for decades, accumulate in living organisms, and resist…
7 PFAS Compliance Gaps That Inline Sensor Networks from Shanghai ChiMay Help Utilities Close Introduction PFAS compliance is not simply a matter of installing treatment equipment and checking boxes on a monitoring schedule. Water utilities face multiple gaps in their compliance programs, from insufficient monitoring frequency to poor treatment process visibility to inadequate data integration….