The Tainted Water Crisis In Upstate New York That Andrew Cuomo Can’t Shake Huffington Post » The state has nearly completed construction on a new water treatment plant that will filter out perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). But officials in Newburgh say they don’t just want the PFOS cleaned from their water ― they want the toxic chemicals removed at the source. Michelle2018-03-09T15:27:05-08:00March 9th, 2018|Drinking Water, New York|