Erratum: The True Cost of PFAS and the Benefits of Acting Now (Environ. Sci. Technol. (2021) 55:14 (9630−9633) DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03565)

Abstract

It has come to our attention that we inaccurately described recent water treatment changes and associated costs in North Carolina. Following extensive contamination by a PFAS manufacturer in the Cape Fear River watershed, Brunswick County, North Carolina is spending $167.3 million on a reverse osmosis plantand the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority spent $46 million on granular activated carbon filters (not $99 million as we originally reported), with recurring annual costs of $2.9 million.We regret the error. This does not change the conclusions or arguments of our paper.