{"id":671,"date":"2019-05-20T11:16:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T15:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/?p=671"},"modified":"2019-05-20T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T15:16:38","slug":"cates-lab-receives-grant-from-epa-for-leachate-treatment-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/cates-lab-receives-grant-from-epa-for-leachate-treatment-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Cates Lab receives grant from EPA for leachate treatment technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are excited to announce we have been awarded a 3-year $500k grant from the US-EPA to advance photocatalytic treatment technology for removal of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from landfill leachate. PFAS compounds are applied to various consumer products to impart water and grease-repellent properties and as flame retardants.  Following decomposition, the PFAS are released and are present in the extracted leachate. Since PFAS are not removed through typical wastewater treatment processes, on-site removal of PFAS prior to discharge to a municipal sewer may be needed. However, the high COD of leachate presents a significant barrier to processes targeting PFAS. The bismuth complex oxide photocatalysts developed by our group, together with the unique capabilities of the Purifics Photo-cat reactors, are a promising option to address this need. The BOHP\/UV process will be optimized and tested using synthetic and real leachate test waters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce we have been awarded a 3-year $500k grant from the US-EPA to advance photocatalytic treatment technology for removal of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from landfill leachate. PFAS compounds are applied to various consumer products to impart water and grease-repellent properties and as flame retardants. Following decomposition, the PFAS are released and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":672,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}