PFAS Videos

31. Finding The Most Effective Approach To Combat PFAS 2/16/2022

    Martin Bureau, Vice-President Innovation talks about the complex treatment challenges of PFAS, owing to the sheer diversity in chemical nature and the most effective approach to combat PFAS. 

32. AOS Water Treatment Technology Quebec Pilot 11/29/2021

    Learn about the AOS, BioLargo’s tertiary wastewater treatment technology that empowers operators with greater energy efficiency, tolerance to fluctuations in input water quality, and – best of all – elimination of hard-to-treat micropollutants.

33. Opportunity Meets Preparation 11/10/2021

    The Water Online editorial staff sat down with Dennis Calvert, CEO of BioLargo, at WEFTEC 2021 to discuss BioLargo’s PFAS solutions, the state of the water industry, and their AOS water treatment technology.

34. Take Control Of CAPEX And Reduce Your Plant OPEX 9/21/2021

    Sanitaire has an array of digital solutions that focus on asset management as well as energy/process optimization. In this presentation, we discuss these solutions in detail and outline how these products can improve CAPEX budgeting plans and improve preventative maintenance through diffuser health monitoring. In addition, we expand on how Sanitaire’s new offerings can save on OPEX with specialized energy saving software that optimize the aeration process. 

35. Finding The Most Effective Approach To Combat PFAS 9/17/2021

    Removal and destruction of PFAS is a fast-evolving issue in water treatment. It presents multiple complex treatment challenges because PFAS are always different from one site to the other, owing to the sheer diversity in chemical nature and origin of PFAS compound contamination. Given our extensive experience with multiple co-contamination water treatment, including dissolved solids, metals, oil and grease, hydrocarbons, and DNAPLs and other chlorinated solvents for many decades, our PFAS projects for over 20 years, and our track record with the federal and provincial government in Canada of delivering first-in-class, turn-key, robust environmental site remediation projects, Martin Bureau, VP Innovation, shares our key findings.

36. How "Forever Chemicals" Polluted America's Water 8/10/2020

    North Carolina’s Cape Fear River is a massive water system. It stretches across the lower half of the state, collecting runoff from 29 counties and providing water to millions of people. But in the city of Wilmington, where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean, the water has residents worried.

37. Tackling PFAS And Other Emerging Contaminants 7/11/2019

    Manmade chemicals — most notably PFAS and 1,2,3-trichloropropane, or TCP — are emerging as a serious threat to water sources that municipalities at some point will need to address to meet regulations and provide quality water. PFAS has been rearing its head across the U.S.; and while TCP is mainly a California issue, it could prove to be more expansive. In this Water Talk interview, Jim Knepper, vice president and general manager of the Resinex division of Jacobi Carbons, and Mike Bickel, a municipal sales manager with Jacobi, discuss how activated carbon technology is helping water plant operators tackle looming problems such as PFAS and TCP.

38. The ABCs Of PFCs 7/11/2018

    Nick Burns, director of water treatment technology for (the Americas region of) Black & Veatch, discusses the health concerns, current regulatory status, and documented presence of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), also sometimes called perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in drinking water supplies — as determined by sampling under the U.S. EPA's Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule 3 (UCMR3).

39. Making Sense Of PFOA And PFOS 6/27/2018

    In addition to the bewildering alphabet soup of acronyms associated with perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), together known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), there is confusion as to how dangerous and prevalent these chemicals are, and thus how they should be treated or regulated. To help bring clarity to the issue, Pete D’Adamo, Director of Water Treatment for HDR, spoke on Water Talk with Water Online's Todd Schnick and Kevin Westerling. D'Adamo discusses the background and scope of the issue, as well as treatment methods and what to expect next. Tune in below to hear the conversation.

40. Coconut Shell Activated Carbon For Removing PFOA And PFOS 7/8/2016

    Coconut shell activated carbon is typically used for filtration in cleaner waters. Its alternatives are coal-based or wood-based carbon. With the recently published EPA guidelines on perfluorinated compounds, Water Online Radio sat down with Neal Megonnell, Senior Vice President for Haycarb USA, to understand coconut shell activated carbon’s application in fighting PFOA and PFOS.