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The PFAS Rule and Solving the PFAS Challenge with Xylem’s Snehal Desai

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Snehal Desai, Xylem’s Senior Vice President and Chief Growth and Innovation Officer, joins us for a phenomenal discussion about PFAS. Snehal addresses the EPA’s recently promulgated PFAS rule and dives into present treatment options, including several PFAS treatment success stories, and where PFAS treatment technology is headed.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

  • Sne’s extensive experience and varied roles in the water industry
  • How a clear signal from regulators on PFAS helps industry participants
  • The lead-in time for PFAS rules
  • The purpose of the 3 year monitoring timeline
  • The period of time in which utilities need to get solutions in place
  • How PFAS rule implementation mirrors other environmental rule roll-outs
  • The solutions currently available to treat PFAS
  • How “mobile” solutions are developing
  • The three categories of technological development Sne sees coming in PFAS remediation
  • Why PFAS remediation needs to be tailored to the characteristics of the water being treated
  • Examples of PFAS remediation (& the importance of talking about remediation!)
  • Sne’s take on the biggest challenges of PFAS rule compliance
  • Snehal’s insights into treating wastewater effluent streams for PFAS remediation

    • Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

    • Snehal’s LinkedIn profile
    • Xylem’s website

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