On Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is set to hold a public meeting about monitoring and managing chemicals at Arlington County’s Water Pollution Control Plant.

Arlington County works closely with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and federal agencies, to meet and maintain the highest standards of water quality and treatment. Thursday’s public hearing at Innovation Elementary School is standard for a permit renewal for the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP), which has been serving the Arlington community for nearly a century. To be clear, Arlington’s wastewater treatment plant does not produce per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). It is a passive receiver, like all wastewater facilities, of everything the community discards down the drain, including PFAS.

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