US environmental regulators offer water systems two more years to clean up forever chemicals

US environmental regulators propose giving water systems two more years to meet new limits on 'forever chemicals'. This means some cities and towns will not have to upgrade their water treatment plants as quickly.

Water systems across the country must remove 'forever chemicals' from drinking water. This proposed rule gives them a two-year extension on the deadline, but only if they ask for it. This means some communities will continue to have these chemicals in their tap water for longer.