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CWEA Contact Hours: 1.2 towards CWEA ECI, LAB & AWTO certifications. 

374Water is a Duke University spinoff that developed the third generation Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) process, an emerging technology of choice for recalcitrant waste destruction, including PFAS. 

The reasons are the many advantages of the SCWO technology, namely its ability to (1) rapidly and effectively mineralize all organic waste, organofluorine and PFAS compounds without the formation of secondary wastes (e.g., volatile PFAS); (2) to treat other organic co-contaminants such as wastewater sludges; and (3) to destroy PFAS on solid matrices such as granular activated carbon (GAC) or ion exchange (IX) resins from drinking water plants. 

This presentation will explain the concept of supercritical water oxidation (SCWO), and how it can impact the ability to shift the paradigm of water and wastewater management. 

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