Turning PFAS challenges into actionable solutions
Research, advice and optimisation for wastewater treatment and discharge
Turning PFAS challenges into actionable solutions
PFAS in wastewater: a growing challenge
More and more companies face PFAS in their wastewater. Traditional treatment methods often fall short, and stricter discharge limits increase uncertainty. Robust, future-proof solutions are essential to limit or even prevent PFAS emissions.
Your challenge: What is feasible and legally defensible? Witteveen+Bos guides industrial companies from research to practical optimisation.
Research into innovative technology combinations
We collaborate with eight companies on PFAS-contaminated samples. Objective: test promising techniques, share costs, accelerate knowledge.
Project highlights:
- Membranes and non-thermal plasma (NTP)
- Pilot systems concentrate PFAS for NTP destruction.
- Short-chain and ultra-short PFAS are often reduced below reporting limits.
- Efficiency further tested at pilot scale.
- Adsorbents and foam fractionation
- Comparison of activated carbon, ion exchange resins, and organoclays.
- Foam fractionation with co-surfactant enhances ultra-short PFAS removal.
- Technology combination improves performance and reduces operational costs.
Supporting discharge limits
We help industrial companies justify special discharge limits:
- Analyse current treatment systems
- Characterise discharges and receiving waters
- Calculate environmental impact and load
- Propose feasible, legally defensible limits
- Coordinate with regulatory authorities
We combine legislation, technological state-of-the-art, and ongoing innovations for forward-looking advice.
Optimising tertiary treatment
PFAS removal with granular activated carbon (GAC) works best when optimised:
- Plan and analyse monitoring campaigns
- Develop breakthrough curves and saturation models
- Simulate optimal filter configurations
- Reduce costs, improve performance, make systems more robust
Result: optimised carbon usage, lower operating costs, predictable and efficient systems.
Your partner in future-proof solutions
From innovative PFAS removal techniques to regulatory support and operational optimisation: Witteveen+Bos develops actionable, affordable, and sustainable solutions for companies tackling PFAS today.
Contact us to join our research or advisory programmes.
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