US know-how agency Normal Atomics Electromagnetic Techniques (GA-EMS) mentioned its business PERSES™ waste destruction system will probably be delivered to a Lake Elmo, Minnesota waste administration facility to display the system’s industrial-scale capabilities to destroy a wide range of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) waste streams.
GA-EMS was awarded a contract by Bay West LLC, an environmental and remediation firm main the analysis program funded by the US Military Engineer Analysis and Improvement Centre (ERDC) to ship, set up, and function PERSES for a number of undertaking demonstrations to destroy PFAS and PFAS contaminated waste media. The system will probably be on the Lake Elmo website for about 4 weeks after which eliminated to different websites for added exams beneath completely different contracts.
“Minnesota’s authorities management, in addition to states throughout the nation are actively implementing methods to remove PFAS from the atmosphere and mitigate the antagonistic results these ‘perpetually chemical compounds’ have on public well being and security,” mentioned Scott Forney, president of GA-EMS. “We’re excited to convey the destruction energy of PERSES to Lake Elmo as native, state, and federal authorities businesses proceed to judge PERSES’ capabilities to remove PFAS from a myriad of waste streams. We admire the efforts the Lake Elmo metropolis council and area people have made to help this undertaking and look ahead to a profitable demonstration program.”
In 2024, Bay West carried out testing on the GA-EMS full-scale testing facility in San Diego and offered ERDC outcomes evaluation to confirm PERSES 99.99% and larger PFAS destruction effectivity in a wide range of waste media from each authorities and business provided sources. The supply of PERSES to the Lake Elmo facility is the subsequent step within the undertaking to start on-site, industrial-scale destruction of PFAS and different natural waste in media together with Aqueous Movie-Forming Foam (AFFF), landfill leachate, biosolid “sludge”, soils and sediment, and granular activated carbon (GAC) and resin beads from filtration therapy methods.
Bay West, LLC, a nationally acknowledged environmental consulting and remediation firm headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, gives options to authorities and business enterprises to navigate complicated environmental issues and ongoing remediation challenges. ERDC is an integral element of the Workplace of the Assistant Secretary of Protection for Analysis and Engineering and helps resolve the nation’s most difficult civil and navy engineering, geospatial sciences, water sources, and environmental sciences for the Military, DoD, civilian businesses and for the nation’s public good.