#ATDL2610992AFrance extends and tightens PFAS testing rules for urban wastewater treatment plants
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This law updates the testing rules for PFAS in urban wastewater treatment plants, with a special focus on trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). It gives plants more time to complete sampling campaigns, requires at least two measurements in both inflow and outflow for TFA, sets a 500 ng/L quantification limit for TFA, and requires the results to be published online within one month by the relevant state service. The main impact is on operators of urban wastewater treatment plants and the public authorities overseeing the tests. Plants that face seasonal peak loads get a later campaign deadline, and TFA can be measured separately from other PFAS. Compliance teams should update sampling plans, lab specs, and reporting workflows.
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Key Changes
- Extends the deadline for PFAS sampling campaigns, with a later end date for plants that have summer peak loads.
- Adds a special rule for TFA: at least two measurements in inflow and two in outflow, and these can be done separately from other PFAS measurements.
- Sets a 500 ng/L quantification limit for TFA and requires test data to be published online within one month.
Obligations
What this law requires
Operators of urban wastewater treatment plants must carry out, for trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), at least two measurements in influent and two measurements in effluent under the same conditions; these TFA measurements may be performed separately from measurements of other PFAS.
For TFA, wastewater treatment plant measurements must meet a quantification limit of 500 ng/L at both influent and effluent points.
Sampling campaigns for urban wastewater treatment plants must be completed by 30 June 2027.
Where an urban wastewater treatment plant has annual peak loads during the summer period, the sampling campaign must be completed no later than 1 September 2027.
The relevant State service must publish the data on its website within one month.