NUQUATIC ADVANTAGE™

PFAS Technology

NuQuatic’s ADVANTAGE™ process is designed to address one of the most critical challenges in PFAS treatment: How to efficiently remove PFAS from water while minimizing the cost and complexity of final destruction. By integrating concentration and destruction into a single treatment approach, NuQuatic enables a more complete and cost-effective PFAS management solution.

How The Process Works

PFAS are persistent synthetic chemicals found as contaminants in water sources around the world. NuQuatic’s patented technology concentrates and destroys PFAS through a four-step process.

Using the unique properties of aluminum, the process enhances PFAS capture and concentration through foam fractionation, resulting in very high PFAS concentration factors using non-toxic, recyclable, and cost-efficient materials. The concentrated PFAS stream is then treated in an integrated electrolytic cell uniquely optimized for destruction.

As shown in the process diagram, the system consists of four key steps:

Mixing: Aluminum is introduced and mixed with incoming water

Primary Concentration: PFAS are captured through foam fractionation
Secondary Concentration: Additional concentration under optimized conditions
Destruction: Electrolytic treatment of the concentrated PFAS stream

The NuQuatic ADVANTAGE™ Process for Removal and Destruction of PFAS in Water

KEY ADVANTAGES

Integrated Treatment

PFAS capture, concentration, and destruction are combined in a single process

High Concentration Efficiency

Concentration from primary concentration and secondary concentration up to ~100,000x

Reduced Destruction Cost

Integrated destruction reduces cost via recycling and eliminating liability associated with off-site destruction or disposal

Sustainability

Aluminum-based chemistry uniquely introduced yields a non-toxic, recyclable, cost-effective adsorbent versus alternatives.

Challenging Water Compatibility

Capable of treating water with high TOC without extensive pretreatment while meeting stringent PFAS regulations.

Applications

NuQuatic technology is designed for a wide range of PFAS-impacted water sources:

Municipal drinking water and wastewater
Industrial wastewater
Energy production and power generation sites
AFFF-contaminated groundwater
Lanfill leachate and high-strength PFAS streams

Performance

Demonstrated high PFAS concentration factors (up to ~100,000x)
Proven PFAS removal efficiency below MCL requirements for regulated PFAS
Greater than 99% destruction of regulated PFAS and more than 86% destruction of all detected PFAS compounds

(Note: performance dependent on site-specific conditions)

Facilities & Capabilities

At NuQuatic’s Clawson, Michigan facility, we support technology development and demonstration across multiple scales. Our reconfigurable test platforms operate at gallon-per-day scale flow rates and are supported by wet lab and analytical capabilities, including high-precision LC-MS/MS for rapid PFAS analysis.

For field applications, NuQuatic deploys a mobile demonstration trailer capable of gallon-per-minute scale treatment, enabling on-site pilot testing and performance validation under real-world conditions.

TECHNOLOGY + PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

See how our technology and performance compares to industry options.

	NuQuatic ADVANTAGE™	Activated Carbon	Ion Exchange	Reverse Osmosis	Fenton Process	Foam Fractionation	Ozonation	UV AOP
Removal & Complete Destruction		(3)	(3)	(3)	(3)	(3)	(3)(5)	(3)
Low Cost Solution		(1)	(2)
Low PPT Effluent
Compact Footprint
Scalable: Leachate to Potable							(5)
Rapid Deployment
Minimal Waste Generation							(4)

FOOTNOTE

(1) Including Cost of Carbon Disposal

(2) Including Cost of IX Resin Disposal

(3) No Destruction

(4) No PFA Waste

(5) No PFA Removal

LEGEND (KEY)

Meets Criteria

Meets Some

Does Not Meet