The Environmental Group Limited announced the Australian national Patent application acceptance for it's PFAS soil and water remediation and the commencement of fabrication of the first PFAS separation unit for sale. Progress update: Following the successful separation and removal of regulated PFAS from various waste streams, EGL committed use of its own in-house design, drafting and engineering services to fabricate its first commercial plant for sale, to ensure protection of its Intellectual Property and to progress into the commercial phase. The process design was refined by EGL Water optimising the plant design post the final trial results.

The design improvement process has maximised efficiency while minimising operating and capital costs. Following completion of this process the EGL engineering team has finalised the drafting and modelling requirements for fabrication of the first plant. Ignite Services have commenced fabrication of the plant at their Adelaide facility.

The plant will be fully automated through the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) which will both operate and monitor the plant whilst in use. Subject to supply chain restrictions, fabrication is likely to be completed within two months. PFAS separation trial summary: EGL's foam fractionation technology has demonstrated outstanding results in commercial trials, successfully separating and removing PFAS from liquid waste streams up to 41.5ppb; Consistent results demonstrated with regulated PFAS separated and removed to levels below detection limits in all high-volume low concentrate trials.

At the higher concentrate trial, regulated PFAS was removed to over 99.4%; The EPA granted approval for EGL's PFAS soil extraction technology to be trialled at a commercial level; EGL's technology has considerable advantages against other PFAS removal technologies including being simpler, safer, more versatile and more cost effective. EGL Water's PFAS separation and concentration technology has now been demonstrated as a viable solution for treating PFAS contaminated ground water, surface water, leachate, and wastewater. Research and development will continue into the treatment of PFAS contaminated soils, with trials currently underway using the same technology platform with Victoria University, providing encouraging results.