PFAS to Non-Detect at an Aviation Fire Training Ground, Darwin NT

Sector: PFAS
Location: Darwin, NT

Airservices Australia fire training ground water treated from up to 205 ug/L sum of PFAS to below 0.005 ug/L in a single 20 ft container at 0.75 to 1.5 L/s, operating since March 2022.

Client: Airservices Australia.

Application: treatment of PFAS-contaminated water from the airport firefighting training ground to non-detectable limits for compliant discharge under NEMP 2.0.

Plant: one 20 ft container, set up and commissioned in one day, remote controlled with two modes: non-detect mode at 0.75 L/s and recreational-limit mode at 1.5 L/s.

Results: sum of PFAS 65 to 205 ug/L raw reduced to below 0.005 to 0.1 ug/L; sum of PFOS and PFHxS 22 to 90 ug/L reduced to below 0.001 to 0.01 ug/L; PFOA 3.3 to 19 ug/L reduced to below 0.001 to 0.01 ug/L; TPH, BTEX and naphthalene also removed. In operation since March 2022 and meeting contractual limits regardless of inlet variation, including removal of PFAS precursors.

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