Crystal Clean, Inc. a leading provider of specialised environmental and waste management solutions to commercial and industrial end-markets, today announced it completed its largest PFAS remediation project to date. The project, utilising Crystal Clean’s 4never solution, successfully treated 1.46 million gallons (6636 m3) of PFAS impacted waters over the course of three weeks.
The 4never solution is a turnkey service with a tailored approach to remove PFAS contaminants based on project requirements and goals, operated around the clock with an on-site PFAS processing plant at a confidential industrial site in the midwestern US. The on-site PFAS processing plant used a set of four SAFF (Surface Active Foam Fractionation) units, manufactured and exclusively distributed by 4never partners EPOC Enviro and Allonnia, to treat a variety of PFAS impacted event and site waters.
The multi-SAFF processing setup treated the PFAS contaminated waters by separating and concentrating PFAS from the water, reducing the contaminants down to a few gallons a day of PFAS concentrate. The PFAS concentrate was then transported to a Crystal Clean facility for final management and offsite third-party destruction.
‘The combination of technologies, expertise, and infrastructure to deliver a complete PFAS remediation solution at this scale is one of the key benefits and a testament to the flexibility of our 4never™ solution,’ says Brian Recatto, President & CEO of Crystal Clean. ‘We are enormously proud to be able to bring this solution to businesses seeking large scale PFAS remediation, addressing what is becoming one of the leading environmental issues of the century in an environmentally responsible way.’
‘EPOC Enviro’s patented SAFF technology has now successfully remediated over 260 million gallons of PFAS impacted waters at more than thirty sites around the globe,’ adds EPOC Enviro President Peter Murphy. ‘With the recent release of Maximum Contaminant Levels by the US EPA in relation to drinking waters for six PFAS compounds, as well as CERCLA designation of PFOS and PFOA, having a proven and environmentally friendly method of managing PFAS has never been more relevant.’
Crystal Clean is increasing its PFAS remediation capabilities and expanding the operating capacity of its 4never™ solution at a national scale. Crystal Clean currently operates a PFAS treatment facility in Michigan and has construction plans to add SAFF treatment capabilities to several of its U.S. based commercial wastewater treatment facilities.
