Growing up in northwest Georgia , Stormy Bost’s life was intrinsically linked to water. Summers were spent plucking crawdads from the neighborhood creek and playing in its cool depths, racing home for dinner as the sun set. Waiting for her were pitchers of sweet tea, brewed by her family using tap water. "Your family’s going through a gallon every day or two, and it’s cheap," Bost recalled. "But it comes from the faucet." As a parent, Bost continued this tradition for her own children until a few years ago, when she discovered the local tap water contained toxic chemicals known as PFAS. Bost and her husband are raising two daughters in Calhoun, the same small river town dominated by the region’s multibillion-dollar carpet industry where she was reared. For decades, textile mills relied on PFAS in popular brands like Stainmaster and Scotchgard for stain resistance.…