Industrial Micropollutant & PFAS Removal | Water Treatment

chemical substances that interfere with normal hormonal activity in living organisms. Examples include bisphenol A (BPA) commonly used in plastics, phthalates found in everyday care products, certain pesticides such as atrazine, flame retardants like PBDEs, and residues of synthetic hormones from pharmaceuticals.

organohalogens, including chlorinated, brominated, and fluorinated compounds. They are formed during chlorine-based pulp bleaching in paper production, but can also originate from chlorinated solvents, certain disinfectants, brominated flame retardants, and fluorinated chemicals used in coatings and cleaning agents.

SVHC or Substances of Very High Concern refer to micropollutants and emerging contaminants in general that pose serious risks due to their persistence, toxicity, mobility, and ability to accumulate in the environment. Examples include dioxins & dioxin-like compounds, PAHs (from combustion processes), tributyltin (TBT) used in antifouling paints, DEHP and other plasticizers, HBCDD flame retardants, benzotriazoles used as corrosion inhibitors, and perchlorates found in propellants and disinfectants. New components are frequently added to ECHA's Candidate List of SVHC.

substances known as “forever chemicals” due to their strong carbon-fluor backbone. Short-chain such as PFBA, PFBS, PFHxA, PFHxS, and ultra-short variants like TFA (trifluoroacetic acid) and PFPrA are ubiquitous in water sources, leading to increasingly stringent regulations. These compounds are widely used in non-stick cookware coatings, textiles, food-contact materials, firefighting foams, and industrial process chemicals.

these chemicals play an essential role in protecting crops from weeds, insects, and diseases. Yet several compounds used over the past decades, such as DDT, are highly persistent and spread easily in the environment. Other examples include organochlorine pesticides like lindane, herbicides such as atrazine, fungicidal components like 1,2,4-triazoles, and chlorothalonil derivatives.