To mark World Environment Day, Veolia has today launched its new end-to-end BeyondPFAS offering in Australia, which can detect, treat, and safely remove PFAS from sensitive ecological settings.
Found in everything from non-stick cookware to firefighting foam, certain PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) chemicals have become a major environmental and health concern across the globe, particularly at locations such as airports, military bases, and industrial facilities.
The BeyondPFAS range of scientifically proven technologies and methods detect PFAS contamination, treat affected soil and water, and manage disposal of the contaminated materials by thermal treatment, physical chemical removal, or in special landfill depositories.
Veolia’s track record in PFAS management and disposal is already striking. In Australia alone, the company has treated 75 million litres of PFAS-contaminated water and managed 200,000 tonnes of contaminated soil.
In 2018, Veolia’s Brooklyn facility in Victoria made history as the first to receive Environment Protection Authority (EPA) licensing for treating PFAS-impacted wastewater.
Veolia ANZ Chief Executive Officer Richard Kirkman said: “This is just the beginning. BeyondPFAS will extend Veolia’s approach to PFAS, which now includes everything from initial testing to final disposal, offering more proven end-to-end solutions for affected sites across the country.
“Veolia has considerable global experience treating PFAS, and we have already demonstrated that our proven end-to-end technologies can meet the stricter PFAS regulations in the United States. We have the technological solutions to take on the Australian challenge.”
Facilities such as Veolia’s thermal desorption plant, EarthSure, a joint venture with Ventia in Victoria, can treat PFAS-contaminated soil and render it reusable.
Veolia also has portable technology that treats 70 per cent of PFAS-contaminated water where the contamination occurs rather than being sent offsite for treatment.
Worldwide, the company has treated more than 91 billion litres of PFAS-contaminated water.
In Australia, Veolia is an industry leader that has provided water treatment plants on 16 PFAS-contaminated sites across the country, purifying it to a level where the water could be released back into the environment.
Veolia has even treated fire training water to the point where it meets Australian Drinking Water Guideline Standards.
“We can get the job done and move beyond the PFAS era in Australia,” Kirkman said.
“Veolia is a company founded on the idea of ecological transformation, which aims to depollute, decarbonise and regenerate the world ― and Veolia has always had the technology to meet that mission.
“The rise of PFAS is a challenge Veolia, both philosophically and practically, was built to overcome. Our ambition, as this campaign says, is to take on that challenge, move Australia beyond PFAS and give businesses and our community the peace of mind they deserve.”
For more information, visit: www.veolia.com
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