--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Forever Chemicals description: Forever Chemicals | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [What the Latest EPA Monitoring Data Reveal About America’s Drinking Water](https://blog.stpub.com/what-the-latest-epa-monitoring-data-reveal-about-americas-drinking-water) Posted by [Frank Skiba](https://blog.stpub.com/author/frank-skiba) on Wed, Mar 11, 2026 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/images/Water_glass.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/what-the-latest-epa-monitoring-data-reveal-about-americas-drinking-water) On February 12, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [released a major update to its national drinking water monitoring data](https://www.epa.gov/dwucmr/occurrence-data-unregulated-contaminant-monitoring-rule#5-data-finder) under the Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5). This dataset, representing nearly 95% of the monitoring results collected through 2025, gives the most comprehensive snapshot yet of the prevalence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in America’s public water systems. 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The short answer is “More all the time, directed at more types of PFAS.” On March 5, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Health Canada issued their joint “State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Report” (Report), a 289 page status and plan report on research, information and regulatory efforts directed at PFAS hazards in Canada. The report completes a process that began in 2021, producing a draft Report In May 2023 and an updated draft in July 2024.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/canada-addresses-pfas-forever-chemicals) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/canada-addresses-pfas-forever-chemicals#comments-listing) Tags: [EHS](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ehs), [sustainability](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/sustainability), [PFAS](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/pfas), [compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/compliance), [Regulatory Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/regulatory-compliance), [Environmental Regulations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-regulations), [Health and Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-and-safety), [Forever Chemicals](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/forever-chemicals) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved