PFAS RESOURCES
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Gradiant Launches ForeverGone, The Industry’s Only Complete PFAS Removal And Destruction Solution5/15/2024
Gradiant, a global solutions provider for advanced water and wastewater treatment, today announced the launch of ForeverGone, the industry’s only complete all-in-one solution to permanently remove and destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
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REGENESIS Named Winner Of Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Award5/14/2024
REGENESIS, the recognized leader in soil and groundwater remediation solutions for PFAS and other contaminants, today announced that its PlumeStop technology was named one of the winners of Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards .
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EPA And New York State Break Ground On Project To Ensure Clean Drinking Water For Hicksville, N.Y. Households5/13/2024
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the State of New York broke ground on a pivotal drinking water infrastructure project in Hicksville, N.Y. System operators will install a system to safeguard the community’s drinking water from PFAS chemicals, also known as ‘forever chemicals.’
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New Process Results In Near Complete Destruction Of PFAS Chemicals5/10/2024
US researchers have discovered a new strategy to clean up “forever chemicals” from contaminated water and importantly, it can do so at room temperatures.
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Work To Begin On New Standard: AWWA DANT, Installation Of Antennas For Water Towers5/6/2024
The AWWA Standards Council is happy to announce that work on a new standard has been authorized and is now beginning on the development of the following: AWWA DANT, Installation of Antennas for Water Towers
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Husker-Led Team’s Approach Shows Promise In Degrading ‘Forever Chemicals’5/4/2024
In a pair of April announcements, the Environmental Protection Agency set forth new rules and standards regarding the levels of “forever chemicals” in America’s drinking water.
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Funding The Fight Against PFAS And Lead In Drinking Water5/2/2024An overview of funding opportunities for water utilities to meet new and upcoming compliance objectives, as well as technology considerations to reduce further contamination.
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Pulling Out All The Stops Against Pervasive Pollutants5/1/2024
Abemused fishmonger at a seafood market in Portsmouth, N.H., weighed and packaged a dozen filets of fish and three lobster tails for his unusually exacting customers, Dartmouth researchers Celia Chen ’78, Guarini ’94, a research professor of biological sciences, and Nathan Giffard ’21 on a warm afternoon in May 2022.
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PFAS, The 'Forever Chemicals,' Explained By Pitt Engineer Carla Ng4/30/2024
“Forever chemicals” have made the news recently, with new EPA rules limiting the amount of some types that can be in drinking water.
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PFAS Technology Options Provide Water Treatment Solutions4/24/2024Per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) continue to dominate the conversation as an emerging contaminant of concern due to their potential for adverse human health effects and continued regulation. This group of chemicals can be found in a wide variety of consumer products and drinking water.
PFAS SOLUTIONS
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ACS ATOMUS® PF8 PFAS Removal Cartridge1/17/2024
ACS ATOMUS® PF8 features an NSF/ANSI 61 certified and proprietary filtration solution for the water treatment industry specifically designed to remove PFAS forever chemicals from drinking water.
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Media Evaluation And Analysis1/17/2024
Aqueous Vets has extensive experience selecting granular activated carbons and ion-exchange resins used to treat drinking water for both municipal and private utilities. Removal of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), 1,2,3-Trichloroprane (TCP), Hydrogen Peroxide Quenching, Total Organic Carbon (TOC), VOC’s, Hydrocarbons, Perchlorate, Arsenic, and Hexavalent Chrome are typical.
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PFAS & Emerging Contaminants1/12/2024
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and emerging contaminants don’t break down easily, making them difficult to remove from our water sources. Newterra offers pre-engineered adsorber filtration systems for effective removal at any flow rate.
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WaterGuard Water Filtration System1/10/2024
Harmsco’s WaterGuard™ Water Filtration System provides a “Whole House” water purification device that combines multiple filtration technologies in one compact filtration unit. First level is a prefilter followed by an Activated Carbon which will remove chlorine and PFOS/PFAS. Next, a 1-micron absolute pleated filter removes microscopic cysts such as cryptosporidium and giardia, and other fine particles. Then, the water enters a UV Sterilization chamber that inactivates viruses, bacteria, cryptosporidium and giardia.
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Leadership In Times Of Water Stress: Answers For Pressing Issues, Including PFAS12/5/2023
AqueoUS Vets (AV) is a water and wastewater treatment company with a unique name, one that references the service background of its founder while also invoking traits often attributed to the U.S. military — among them, committed leadership, such as that provided by AV's president and CEO, Dr. Mirka Wilderer.
ABOUT PFAS
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that have sometimes been called “forever chemicals” for their persistent nature in the environment, difficulty to remove through treatment, and bioaccumulation in humans and animals. Two types of PFAS — perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) — have been identified as toxic by the U.S. EPA, while many more of the nearly 5,000 PFAS formulas are either suspected contaminants or have yet to be studied thoroughly. Originally developed for non-stick coatings, stain-repellant fabric treatments, and firefighting foams, PFAS are especially prevalent near former areas of high use — such as manufacturing facilities, airports, military bases, or the sites of large fires — yet widely problematic.
In February 2020, the EPA issued preliminary determinations to regulate PFOA and PFOS under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and establish the first national PFAS monitoring and treatment requirements for drinking water utilities (see EPA’s PFAS Action Plan). Numerous U.S. states, however, have already developed rules and guidance for PFAS.
This solution center addresses the topics and questions most important to drinking water professionals as the PFAS issue evolves — How does PFAS get into drinking water? How do utilities monitor for PFAS? What treatment technologies remove PFAS? What are the regulatory limits for PFAS? — with answers provided through breaking news stories, editorial insight, and technical discussions.