Crystal Clean, Inc., a leading provider of specialized environmental and waste management solutions to commercial and industrial end-markets, has expanded its capabilities at one of the largest PFAS remediation treatment facilities in the U.S. The facility, located in Grand Rapids, MI, is now operating four advanced systems to remediate up to 300,000 gallons of PFAS-contaminated wastewater daily as part of its 4never鈩� PFAS remediation solution.
This sophisticated new technology is working daily to strip PFAS from heavily contaminated waters sourced from the continental U.S., reinforcing Crystal Clean鈥檚 position as a global leader in PFAS remediation solutions. 鈥淐rystal Clean鈥檚 substantial infrastructure and transportation resources means PFAS-impacted waters can be removed at the source from virtually anywhere in the continental U.S.,鈥� said Crystal Clean President and CEO Brian Recatto. 鈥淥ur 4never鈩� solution is designed for high-volume, high-impact PFAS remediation, and we have construction plans to add PFAS treatment capabilities to several of our other commercial waste treatment facilities.鈥�
The 20,000 square foot processing area features three of EPOC Enviro鈥檚 SAFF庐40 PFAS remediation systems and one SAFF庐 Hyper-Concentrator working in tandem, and support infrastructure including tank storage with capacity for more than 200,000 gallons. PFAS impacted waters arrive regularly either by rail or truck, where they are unloaded into central tank storage ready for remediation.
鈥淭he SAFF庐 Hyper-Concentrator, which forms a critical part of the facility, is EPOC Enviro鈥檚 latest technology offering, and this is the first time it has been deployed in the U.S.,鈥� said EPOC Enviro President Peter Murphy. 鈥淚t is purpose designed for large scale sites like this with high volume waters, and works to supercharge the PFAS remediation process by maximising water throughput to enable larger volumes of water to be efficiently stripped of PFAS.鈥�
The SAFF庐 units can produce a PFAS concentration factor of up to two million, creating one gallon of PFAS concentrate from two million gallons of water treated. The SAFF庐 Hyper-Concentrator enhances concentration levels a further 20-200 times. This critical step creates micro-volumes of concentrated PFAS foam, ready for final management and destruction. 鈥淐lients impacted by PFAS contamination have access to a safe, secure, and proven PFAS remediation treatment train. Once the waters leave their premises, they can relax knowing that their PFAS issue will be transported and resolved using one of the most effective treatment trains currently on the market,鈥� Recatto said.
PFAS impacted waters arrive at Grand Rapids from a variety of locations including landfills as well as industrial wastewaters, fire-impacted waters and more. 鈥淓POC Enviro鈥檚 SAFF庐 technology is now operating on three continents and has remediated more than a quarter of a billion gallons of PFAS impacted water globally,鈥� Murphy commented. 鈥淥ur patented process of Surface Active Foam Fractionation (SAFF庐) makes this possible by harnessing the power of rising air bubbles to separate and concentrate PFAS compounds, allowing it to effectively manage large water volumes with minimal energy and consumable usage.鈥�