Understanding and Solving the PFAS Challenges
Takeaways from the 2021 Virtual Joint Engineer Training Conference & Expo of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
Attending last week our first JETC conference, our ALTRA PFAS Treatment Solutions team could appreciate the breath of Education and Training Sessions dedicated to the nowadays unavoidable themes of Environment and Resilience. The virtual booths and networking opportunities offered by the conference’s platform were amazing, best we’ve seen so far for such a large audience event! Kudos to the conference committee!
Attending and participating to the JETC’s session #2156 entitled Management and Treatment of Wastewater Contaminated with PFAS, by Shalene Thomas, Kevin Olness and AnneLu DeWitt, which provided the approach and treatment for spent firewater containing AFFF from an active U.S. military installation, our team wanted to share ALTRA PFAS Solutions treatment approach using the session’s case study.
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Treatment scope
PFAS concentration in wastewater
PFOS = 7,960,000 ppt
PFOA = 170,000 ppt
PFBS = 190,000 ppt
sewer discharge
PFOS < 70 ppt
PFOA < 70 ppt
PFBS < 400,000 ppt
480,000 us. gal. to treat
OTHER PRODUCTS
VOCs
SVOCs
Gasoline and diesel
Oil and grease
Metals
Comparative Scope
| Primary Compounds to be Treated | Solution Recently Presented (10 vessels ) |
ALTRA PFAS Solutions (7 vessels) |
|---|---|---|
| Metals, Oil, Grease | 2 x commercial filters organoclay | 3 x ALTRA filters (1 m3) |
| VOCs, SVOCs, TPH-d/TPH-g | 3 x GAC filters | 2 x GAC filters (1 m3) |
| PFOA, PFOS, PFBS | 5 x IER filters | 2 x ALTRA media filters(1 m3) |
Comparison of Estimated Cost
