After months of being under an advisory from the EPD, the City of Summerville announced on Thursday afternoon that the advisory concerning the City of Summerville’s water supply has been lifted.

In a statement released to the media, the City said, “The Georgia EPD has lifted the City of Summerville PFOA/PFOS health advisory for all City of Summerville water customers.”

After installing the GAC filters at the Racoon Creek treatment plant, PFAS/PFOS concentration levels throughout the system are safely below the health advisory threshold, according to city officials.

Earlier this year the city had announced that they were working with a pilot study using carbon as a removal method of PFOA/PFOS at the Raccoon Creek Water Treatment Plant. This system is referred to as granulated activated carbon (GAC).

Once the system was installed and tested, the EPD lifted the health advisory that had been issued earlier this year.