I hope this will prove to be viable in the long term. Unfortunately many applications of such technology end up not working as well as expected in different environments(heh). Another thing to...
I hope this will prove to be viable in the long term. Unfortunately many applications of such technology end up not working as well as expected in different environments(heh).
Another thing to point out is that this shouldn't be an excuse to be lacks on regulations even if it ends up working well. We need to lower it in the environment. Not just curb how much it is.
I'm hoping we get some applications for treatment for conventional filtration drinking water plants. Maybe it's because I'm in the industry but my gut feeling is that PFAS is somewhat unfairly...
I'm hoping we get some applications for treatment for conventional filtration drinking water plants. Maybe it's because I'm in the industry but my gut feeling is that PFAS is somewhat unfairly associated with drinking water (note this report likely used older methods which are far less sensitive), unfair because it's not a result of producing drinking water but it's ubiquity and nature simply means it eventually finds it's way into drinking water. There have federal requirements to monitor some PFAS on two occasions and plans to regulate PFAS. It's great that we have processes for superfund sites but until we tackle drinking water in a manner that's scalable, cost effective, and results in destruction and not simply removal/sequestration, PFAS will remain a concern.
This is amazing news. The bad thing until now is that PFAS seeps in groundwater, but this can now be turned into an advantage: "just" place one of these devices in area with polluted ground or...
This is amazing news. The bad thing until now is that PFAS seeps in groundwater, but this can now be turned into an advantage: "just" place one of these devices in area with polluted ground or drinking water and start using it. The PFAS concentrations should slowly decrease over time in the entire enviroment, not just the water.
That was the idea behind "pump and treat" which was the default answer for a while in the groundwater remediation space. It doesn't usually work. This is a good advancement in destruction...
That was the idea behind "pump and treat" which was the default answer for a while in the groundwater remediation space. It doesn't usually work.
This is a good advancement in destruction technology, but we still need efficient methods to get PFAS out of groundwater and the soil matrix.
I hope this will prove to be viable in the long term. Unfortunately many applications of such technology end up not working as well as expected in different environments(heh).
Another thing to point out is that this shouldn't be an excuse to be lacks on regulations even if it ends up working well. We need to lower it in the environment. Not just curb how much it is.
I'm hoping we get some applications for treatment for conventional filtration drinking water plants. Maybe it's because I'm in the industry but my gut feeling is that PFAS is somewhat unfairly associated with drinking water (note this report likely used older methods which are far less sensitive), unfair because it's not a result of producing drinking water but it's ubiquity and nature simply means it eventually finds it's way into drinking water. There have federal requirements to monitor some PFAS on two occasions and plans to regulate PFAS. It's great that we have processes for superfund sites but until we tackle drinking water in a manner that's scalable, cost effective, and results in destruction and not simply removal/sequestration, PFAS will remain a concern.
This is amazing news. The bad thing until now is that PFAS seeps in groundwater, but this can now be turned into an advantage: "just" place one of these devices in area with polluted ground or drinking water and start using it. The PFAS concentrations should slowly decrease over time in the entire enviroment, not just the water.
That was the idea behind "pump and treat" which was the default answer for a while in the groundwater remediation space. It doesn't usually work.
This is a good advancement in destruction technology, but we still need efficient methods to get PFAS out of groundwater and the soil matrix.