PFAS Resources

31. LANXESS Wins Sustainability Award For PFAS Removal Technology 5/22/2026

    LANXESS, a global specialty chemicals company and solutions provider, received a 2026 Sustainability Leadership Award from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) for its innovative technology used to protect public drinking water, surface, and groundwater systems.

32. Turning Wastewater Into Clean Hydrogen: USW Project Advances Low-Carbon Innovation 5/21/2026

    Researchers at the University of South Wales (USW) are developing a pioneering approach which links wastewater treatment with hydrogen production, transforming waste into a valuable source of clean energy.

33. Scientists Unlock Faster, Safer Way To Track Toxic PFAS In The Atmosphere 5/21/2026

    As concerns grow over the spread of toxic “forever chemicals” in the air people breathe every day, researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill have developed a faster, safer and more practical way to detect them in real time.

34. New AI-Designed Materials Show Promising Potential To Remove 'Forever Chemicals' From Drinking Water In Industry-First Breakthrough 5/21/2026

    Kemira, a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water-intensive industries, and CuspAI, the frontier AI materials science company, today announced that they have used generative AI to design new materials targeting the removal of PFAS, so-called "forever chemicals," from drinking and process water at trace concentrations, using chemistry that is stable, sustainable, and manufacturable.

35. Water-Purifying Mushrooms, 3D Printed Infrastructure And AI-Enabled Microphones To Monitor River Life Among Winners Of £58M Water Breakthrough Challenge 5/19/2026

    Nineteen pioneering solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the water sector have been awarded £58M, as the winners of the sixth Water Breakthrough Challenge are announced.

36. Comprehensive East Metro PFAS Cleanup Study Recommends Groundwater Treatment  5/19/2026

    Today, the MPCA recommended drilling a series of wells around the East Metro to pump and treat groundwater for pollution from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

37. AWWA And AMWA Statement On Newly Released PFAS Proposals 5/18/2026

    AWWA CEO David LaFrance and AMWA CEO Tom Dobbins released the following statement regarding EPA’s newly released proposals Extending the Compliance Deadline for the PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation and Rescission of Regulatory Determinations and Removal of Related Provisions for Four PFAS Substances (PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA (GenX), and the mixture of these three PFAS plus PFBS).

38. EPA Advances Comprehensive PFAS Strategy With Legally Defensible, Practical, Scientifically Sound Drinking Water Protections 5/18/2026

    Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reaffirming its commitment to Make America Healthy Again at a PFAS destruction event alongside U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by advancing a comprehensive, lifecycle-based strategy to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

39. Minnesota Sea Grant Research Tracks PFAS In Rain And Snow 5/13/2026

    Minnesota Sea Grant researchers documented that PFAS are a persistent presence in the Great Lakes atmosphere, appearing in every rain and snow sample collected during a two-year project across Minnesota and Michigan.

40. SAFF® Technology Progresses To World-Leading Sewage PFAS Trial 5/11/2026

    Australian company EPOC Enviro’s Surface-Active Foam Fractionation (SAFF®) technology has commenced a full-scale PFAS remediation trial at an Australian wastewater treatment facility following compelling bench-scale performance in sewage.