Monitoring obligations, grant funding, and the sequencing that helps municipalities avoid unnecessary early costs
Small and mid-size municipalities face the same federal PFAS requirements as major metropolitan authorities—without the same internal resources. Public works directors and utility managers must navigate EPA obligations alongside every other operational priority.
North Point Environmental bridges that gap: providing compliance structure, technical coordination, and grant alignment so municipalities can move toward 2029 compliance efficiently—without premature capital commitment.
Most small systems don't have dedicated environmental staff. We provide the structure and coordination your team needs to execute correctly.
Spending $40,000–$60,000 on a preliminary engineering assessment before accessing grant funding can foreclose better options. Sequencing matters.
Initial monitoring is underway for many systems. The window for proactive, grant-aligned planning is not indefinite.
The EPA rule requires initial sampling at every distribution entry point. Results determine your ongoing monitoring tier—and your compliance trajectory toward 2029.
Systems with detected PFAS or high vulnerability. Four events per year during the initial assessment phase.
Systems with detections below MCLs. Standard ongoing monitoring for many municipalities.
Systems with no detections or very low levels. Reduced frequency for confirmed low-risk systems.
California, Michigan, New Jersey, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Minnesota have regulations exceeding federal requirements. Your state primacy agency governs.
Significant federal and state funding is available for municipalities addressing PFAS contamination. Accessing it requires proper positioning—built into your compliance documentation from the start, not added after the fact.
Provides funding specifically for small and disadvantaged water systems addressing emerging contaminants. Eligibility and documentation requirements vary by cycle.
Low-interest financing for water infrastructure including PFAS treatment. Applications are strengthened by documented compliance planning and demonstrated regulatory need.
Appropriated significant funding for emerging contaminant treatment, with priority for small and disadvantaged communities demonstrating documented compliance need.
Grant reviewers evaluate documented regulatory obligation, demonstrated need, and a defined compliance pathway. A compliance readiness plan provides exactly this—built before the grant application, not in response to it.
Document your obligations under the federal rule and state primacy requirements. This is the foundation for every decision that follows.
Sampling must follow EPA-approved methods with complete chain-of-custody records. Documentation from this phase directly supports future grant applications.
Before pursuing applications or engaging engineering for treatment design, structure your compliance data to meet applicable funding program requirements.
A structured roadmap synthesizes your regulatory position, monitoring data, and grant alignment into a single document that drives your path to 2029 compliance.
With a roadmap and grant alignment in place, technical resources—sampling, laboratory, and engineering—can be engaged precisely for the scope your compliance pathway requires.
We work with municipal water systems and utilities across the country. Consultations begin with a review of your regulatory obligations and current compliance status.
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