GA-EMS was awarded a contract by Bay West LLC, an environmental and remediation company leading the research program funded by the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to deliver, install, and operate Perses for multiple project demonstrations to destroy PFAS and PFAS contaminated waste media. The system will be at the Lake Elmo site for about four weeks and then removed to other sites for additional tests under different contracts.
“Minnesota’s government leadership, as well as states across the nation are actively implementing strategies to eliminate PFAS from the environment and mitigate the adverse effects these “forever chemicals” have on public health and safety,” said Scott Forney, president of GA-EMS. “We are excited to bring the destruction power of Perses to Lake Elmo as local, state, and federal government agencies continue to evaluate Perses’ capabilities to eliminate PFAS from a myriad of waste streams. We appreciate the efforts the Lake Elmo city council and local community have made to support this project and look forward to a successful demonstration program.”
In 2024, Bay West conducted testing at the GA-EMS full-scale testing facility in San Diego and provided ERDC results analysis to verify Perses 99.99% and greater PFAS destruction efficiency in a variety of waste media from both government and commercial supplied sources. The delivery of Perses to the Lake Elmo facility is the next step in the project to commence on-site, industrial-scale destruction of PFAS and other organic waste in media including Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF), landfill leachate, biosolid “sludge”, soils and sediment, and granular activated carbon (GAC) and resin beads from filtration treatment systems.
