Many plant operators at industrial facilities with PFAS in their wastewater are actively designing or rethinking their remediation approaches.Facilities historically have relied on capture-and-disposal methods, such as granular or powdered activated carbon, or on paying surcharges and fines tied to PFAS concentrations discharged to municipal wastewater treatment plants.Those strategies are now colliding with the reality that disposal costs for PFAS-laden media continue to rise, and that landfills and treatment plants increasingly refuse to accept PFAS-contaminated waste. As a result, what was once a manageable expense is becoming a logistical and financial liability.Meanwhile, regulatory exposure is holding steady. The U.S. EPA
