Filtration – THE Solution to the PFOA/PFOS Crisis

Water filtration technology is highly effective at removing emerging contaminants PFOA/PFOS from drinking water at the POE (Point-of-Entry) and POU(Point-of-Use). Filtration systems that are independently certified to the NSF/ANSI Standard P473 and parts of NSF/ANSI Standard 53, meet minimum standards of filtration for these contaminants, including flow rates, pressure drop and other requirements of system design. A POE water treatment system installed on the consumer side of the meter with the express purpose of treating all the incoming water before it goes into the individual supply lines, perhaps is the solution.

The water treatment industry has developed Standards and specifically designed POE & POU devices that filter all the water as it enters a home, business, school, etc…with nearly immediate implementation and preventative exposure for more than 15 million (up to 110 million) Americans across 27 states, for years to come, to these chemicals.

POE filters can be effective at reducing PFOA/PFOS and consistent with a primary prevention approach to childhood exposure and would fill the regulatory gap that necessarily results in dealing with these chemicals at the tap. Filtration technology implements a primary prevention approach because removing PFOA/PFOS from water at the tap prevents exposure. Understanding the technologies required, the certification process, the NSF/ANSI Standards for product certification, along with filtration systems that could be implemented nationally is the topic of this presentation and discussion.