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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/43823| Title: | Design, construction, and testing of the PFAS Effluent Treatment System (PETS), a mobile ion exchange–based system for the treatment of per-, poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated water |
| Authors: | Waisner, Scott A. Medina, Victor F. Ellison, Charles C. Mattei-Sosa, Jose. Brasher, John M. Lalley, Jacob M. Griggs, Christopher S. |
| Keywords: | PFAS Remediation Perfluorinated chemicals--Groundwater--Pollution Water quality Water treatment Perfluorinated chemicals--Soil pollution Perflourinated chemicals--Water--Pollution Military bases |
| Publisher: | Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Technical Report (Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)) ; no. ERDC/EL TR-22-2 |
| Abstract: | Poly-,Per-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are versatile chemicals that were incorporated in a wide range of products. One of their most important use was in aqueous film-forming foams for fighting liquid fuel fires. PFAS compounds have recently been identified as potential environmental contaminants. In the United States there are hundreds of potential military sites with PFAS contamination. The ERDC designed and constructed a mobile treatment system to address small sites (250,000 gallons or less) and as a platform to field test new adsorptive media. The PFAS Effluent Treatment System (PETS) has cartridge filters to remove sediments and a granular activated carbon (GAC) media filter to remove organic compounds that might compete with PFAS in the ion exchange process, although it may also remove PFAS too. The last process is an ion exchange resin specifically designed to remove PFAS to a target level of 70 ng/L or less (equivalent to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Drinking Water Health Advisory). The system was tested at Hurlburt Field, a US Air Force facility in Florida and at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Mid-South in Millington, TN. |
| Description: | Technical Report |
| Gov't Doc #: | ERDC/EL TR-22-2 |
| Rights: | Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11681/43823 http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/43823 |
| Size: | 89 pages / 5.29 MB |
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| Appears in Collections: | Technical Report |
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