BioLargo says PFAS solution provides savings compared with incumbent tech

BioLargo (BLGO) announced case study data establishing over 80% long-term lifecycle cost savings of its AEC PFAS solution that can capture and destroy PFAS contamination down to non-detect levels in drinking water, wastewater, and landfill leachate. The over 80% reduction in lifecycle costs comes from a steep reduction of PFAS-laden waste generated by BioLargo’s AEC compared to carbon-based treatment systems, as well as lower replacement costs of BioLargo’s treatment materials. Since the inception of federal and state regulations limiting PFAS levels in drinking water, incumbent technologies like granular activated carbon and ion exchange resins have been found to carry substantial lifecycle costs driven by the ongoing requirement to replace media and the transportation and disposal of wastes resulting their use into landfills or incinerators. Pending regulations from the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Actwould increase transportation costs for PFAS-laden waste even further.BioLargo’s AEC turns this paradigm on its head, with less ongoing media replacement, less waste, and ultimately total mineralization of that PFAS-laden waste using a separate electrochemical oxidation process.