EPA Awards Grant to Students to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded $25,000 to University of Missouri engineering sustainability students to design, fabricate and test a point-of-use drinking water treatment system that targets contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Led by researchers Maria Fidalgo and Chung-Ho Lin, the project aims to develop a low-energy, stand-alone drinking water treatment system that is both easily operated and inexpensive. “As we learn more about PFAS contamination and its negative health consequences, it is important that we are investing in grants like this that move us closer to an affordable and practical solution to reduce these emerging contaminants in drinking water,” says