Wastewater Treatment

Buffalo Sewer Authority treats PFAS leachate with this technology

Oct. 26, 2023

Buffalo Sewer Authority General Manager O.J. McFoy and Richard Nie, president and CEO of StreamGo Water Solutions, talk about the piloting and installation of PFAS treatment technology for leachate in wastewater.

Bob Crossen

OJ McFoy, general manager of the Buffalo Sewer Authority, and Richard Nie, president and CEO of StreamGo Water Solutions, talk about the challenges of PFAS in wastewater and how BSA is addressing PFAS leachate in their system.

Additional Resources

Watch a video on PFAS destruction: https://www.wwdmag.com/sludge-and-biosolids/video/21438501/are-pyrolysis-gasification-the-answer-for-pfas-in-biosolids-wwd-weekly-digest
Read more about the Buffalo Sewer Authority's PFAS solution: https://www.wwdmag.com/wastewater-treatment/press-release/33011752/streamgo-partners-with-buffalo-sewer-authority-for-pfas-destruction

Timestamps

Introduction | 0:00
Processes to determine PFAS solutions in Buffalo | 0:39
How StreamGo's solution works | 2:03 • Advice for utilities seeking PFAS solutions | 3:45
Considerations when contacting solutions providers | 5:16
The importance of monitoring data | 6:35
Outro | 7:21

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About the Author

Bob Crossen

Bob Crossen is the editorial director for the Endeavor Business Media Water Group, which publishes WaterWorld, Wastewater Digest and Stormwater Solutions. Crossen graduated from Illinois State University in Dec. 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He worked for Campbell Publications, a weekly newspaper company in rural Illinois outside St. Louis for four years as a reporter and regional editor.