American Military News by Peter Kobs - Record Eagle July 24, 2024
A new technology for combatting PFAS contamination is getting $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to help transition the system from the laboratory to field implementation.
Enspired Solutions, a Lansing-based company owned by a woman, announced the grant Monday, continuing a partnership with the DOD that began in 2023.
Founded in 2021, the company has developed a PFAS-destruction technology called “PFASigator” that uses ultraviolet light and a proprietary reagent mix to activate a reaction that destroys PFAS in water, returning PFAS to non-toxic components without the need for off-site disposal.
This new contract will enable Enspired Solutions to transition their PFAS destruction technology from lab scale to field scale, company officials said.
The first phase of the new project will begin this summer at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City, Florida. A team of specialists will use the PFASigator system to decontaminate a fire truck, simultaneously rinsing the truck and destroying PFAS chemicals onsite.
Phase No. 2 will use the system to destroy PFAS in groundwater concentrate at another (unnamed) defense department facility.
If and when the new technology may be available for use at PFAS-contaminated sites in Michigan is not yet known.
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