Florida City Becomes Key Player in "Forever Chemicals" Fight

By Meagan O'Rourke | Fox | September 5, 2023

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"Dave Peters took pride in supplying the residents of Stuart, Florida with award-winning drinking water. The former public works director says he clearly remembers one evening back in 2016 when the city’s living "nightmare" began.

"We got a phone call on a Monday night at 5:05 p.m. Then the question was, are you ready for this?" Peters says.

A Congressional assistant alerted the city of Stuart that the water supply contained unacceptably high levels of PFAS (per-and-poly-fluoroalkyl substances) – a class of compounds also known as "forever chemicals."