A new Procedure for the Removal of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated Chemicals from complexly contaminated Water

Abstract

The polyfluorinated and perfluorinated chemicals substance group (for which the acronyms PFCs and PFASs are also used) has gained in significance since this form of soil and groundwater contamination first became known in Germany in Brilon-Scharfenberg (North Rhine-Westphalia) in 2006. Meanwhile, the importance of this substance group’s persistence, its ubiquitous occurrence and its ecotoxicological relevance are recognized. PFCs represent major scientific and practical challenges, among other things in trace analysis, in the human toxicological classification of many individual substances, in the assessment of sediment transport in aquifers, and in many other fields. In particular, the removal of PFCs from aqueous media represents a major challenge. In this scientific paper, a new procedural approach to the purification of water contaminated by PFCs is discussed, as the relevant parameters that influence the costs of processes for treating water contaminated by PFCs.