CoreWater Tech Helps Our Environment
We’ve developed a safer, cost-effective way to remove harmful PFAS forever chemicals from water.
Our technology helps reduce the impact on landfills and the air we breathe.
Background
Forever chemicals are a class of extremely stable, man-made molecules called PFAS, short for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances. These materials have been used for decades to make commercial products such as non-stick surface coatings, water repellent materials, and firefighting foams, among other things.
Forever chemicals are found in potable water and our air over a wide range of concentrations, often as low as several parts per trillion (ppt), making them hard to remove. They are also very stable, hard to destroy, and do not decompose naturally in the environment or the bodies of plants, animals, and humans.
The two PFAS of the highest concern are PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) and PFOS (perfluorooctanesulfonic acid.) These chemical toxins can now be safely eliminated.
CWT’s Process
CWT’s proprietary adsorption technology chemically modifies the surface of commercially available granular activated carbon (GAC) to enable the adsorption of PFAS molecules from potable water.
CWT also has proprietary post adsorption process steps to remove the PFAS molecules from the particles and destroy them. None of the processing in CWT’s technology depends on maintaining extreme environmental conditions (high temperatures, high pressures, etc.) in any of the steps from particle production to PFAS removal and destruction
CWT has solved unnecessary landfill and environmental pollution caused by the disposal of city, commercial, and home-use water purifiers being thrown away or burned.
CWT’s Solution
Water utilities and water treatment companies faced with adsorbing PFOA and PFOS from the water we drink will be able to realize significant savings using Core+™ and the ARID Process™
Removing the PFOA and PFOS from the Core+™, once a bed has reached its adsorption limit, takes place right in the bed. There is no need for an expensive bed changeout each time that limit is reached. The savings could range from $60,000 to $1,000,000 or more per year, depending on the utility system and bed size.
As important, the ARID Process™ will remove the isolated PFOA and PFOS from the environment altogether.