PFAS (per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances) Remediation Research Program - Round 2

Overview

The PFAS Remediation Research Program (the Program) aims to facilitate the development of innovative technologies to investigate and remediate PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) contaminated media including soil and other solid contaminated debris, groundwater, waterways and marine systems. Up to $4.8 million in total is available to fund a range of research projects.  The Program is intended to fund research to: • minimise PFAS in the environment • develop effective technologies that can be applied to remediate PFAS contaminated soil, waterways, waste, debris and/or large volumes of groundwater • develop options and mechanisms through which these effective technologies can be applied in the field. The objectives of the Program are to: • develop technologies which will do one or more of the following: • immobilise PFAS and prevent its movement in the environment • remove PFAS from soil, water and/or waste • breakdown PFAS by destroying the carbon-fluorine bonds, to form environmentally benign products with limited adverse environmental outcomes • establish the potential for relevant technologies developed to be deployed in the field to treat contaminated soil, waterways, waste, debris and/or large volumes of groundwater • develop technologies that can be scaled up for efficient and effective field deployment. Applications must address PFAS Research Priority Areas using existing and emerging solutions for PFAS removal and disposal. The Research Priority Areas are: • practical technologies for application in the field • end-to-end and/or modular remediation processes technologies for waste, water, soil and sediment remediation technologies applicable to PFAS affecting the chosen media, in particular Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and precursors