Sustainable remediation column: Sustainable remediation tools

Smith, Jonathan W. N.; Bardos, Paul; Evans, Frank; Thomas, A.O.; Thomas, Hayley F.; Wolf, Gerlinde; Ricker, Joe

doi:10.1002/rem.21709

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“…Additionally, the remediation field should consider environmental footprints when selecting technologies for PFAS treatment. A tool called SiteWise TM tool provides metrics including emissions, energy use, and waste generation for remediation activities (Smith et al, 2022). This is a useful approach when selecting remediation technologies due to concerns about carbon footprint and its impact on climate change issues.…”

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EPA's detection methods, the drinking water treatability database, and innovative technologies for PFAS remediation

Kuzniewski¹

2022

Remediation Journal

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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group of highly fluorinated, aliphatic chemicals detected throughout the environment, including in human serum.Several regulatory milestones have been achieved in the United States for these environmentally toxic chemicals linked to health problems in humans, the latest one being the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) PFAS Strategic Roadmap necessitating detection and remediation of PFAS. This article, in addition to briefly discussing these regulatory milestones, evaluates the EPA's detection methods for PFAS including EPA Methods 533, 537.1, and 8327 and other methods currently under development such as the total organic fluorine (TOF) and total organic precursor (TOP) methods. The article also mentions the methods used by other federal agencies for PFAS quantitation. The EPA's drinking water treatability database (TDB) is also described along with the advantages and challenges of the effective treatment methods for PFAS. Most of these treatment methods in the EPA's drinking water TDB face the challenge of disposing wastes containing PFAS, an issue not faced by innovative technologies, and some of these innovative technologies are also discussed. This article will help to understand the current status on the detection and remediation technologies for PFAS treatment in soil and water. It is imperative to have these technologies ready to assist with the remediation objectives in the PFAS Strategic Roadmap.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%