PFAS Fire Training Ground Water Treatment, Australian Defence, WA

Sector: PFAS
Location: Western Australia

3,600 L/h containerised plant reduced total PFAS from 5.5 to 0.014 ug/L with only half a pallet of dry filter waste after 16 months.

Client: Australian Defence military base with fire training simulation grounds and legacy AFFF contamination leaching from concrete pads.

Plant: containerised PFAS Water Treatment System, 3,600 L/h (86,400 L/day), single 1.5 kW centrifugal pump, drawing from a triple interceptor via floating suction.

Results: PFOS 3.80 to 0.0030 ug/L, PFOA 0.10 to 0.0007 ug/L, PFHxS 0.54 to 0.0033 ug/L, 6:2 FTS 0.16 to 0.001 ug/L, total PFAS 5.50 to 0.014 ug/L; TPH 1 ppm or less and sheen free. After 16 months the system had treated double the planned volume, stayed under the maintenance budget and produced only half a pallet of dry filters for incineration. No sludge, no wet waste.

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