Cary pilot targets PFAs in drinking water
COMING BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK
AS MORE ONLINE AT WRAL DOT COM.
NORTH CAROLINA IS WAGING AN
EXPENSIVE WAR AGAINST PEAS
PFAS. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE TOXIC
FOREVER. CHEMICALS LINKED TO
CANCER AND FOUND IN HUNDREDS OF
WATER SYSTEM STATEWIDE. A LOCAL
COMPANY SAYS IT CAN DESTROY
THE CONTAMINANTS FOR LESS
MONEY. WRAL, ENVIRONMENTAL
REPORTER LIZ MCLAUGHLIN IS IN
CARY. THE SHOWS HOW IT WORKS.
>> FOR MOST TREATMENT SYSTEMS
DEALING WITH PFAS MEANS
COLLECTING AND FILTERING OUT
THE TOXIC STUFF AND THEN
SENDING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT HERE THERE'S NOTHING TO
HOLLOWAY. THE CHEMICALS ARE
DESTROYED BEFORE LEAVING TO
TAKE.
>> BURLINGTON FAMILIES FIGHT
AGAINST PFAS BEGAN WITH
HEARTBREAK. MY SISTER PASSED
AWAY FROM CANCER.
>> AND SHE WAS EXPOSED TO HIGH
LEVELS OF P FOX. SO WHEN SHE
PASSED AWAY, YOU KNOW, THIS
BECAME A PERSONAL MISSION, NOT
JUST A BUSINESS MISSION CEO
STEVE WILSON SKI AND HER SON,
JACOB PRINCE, SHARED THAT VOW
AND TOGETHER THEY LAUNCHED
INVICTA WATER.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE A PRO.
>> AND I KNOW WE WILL.
>> WE FIRST MET WILL CENSKY
IMPRINTS IN 2023 TODAY THE TEAM
IS TESTING ITS BIGGEST SYSTEM
YET ON JORDAN LAKE. AND THIS IS
THE PUMP STATION THAT FEEDS THE
TOWN OF CARY AND THE TOWN OF
APEX, THE MACHINE FOAMS RAW
LAKE WATER. SO PFAS STICK TO
BUBBLES. THEN UV LIT CRYSTAL
SNAPPED THE CHEMICALS APART,
LEAVING NO HARMFUL LEFT OVER SO
WE CAN FIND CAPTURE, REMOVED
AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED P PASS
SINCE APRIL. 1ST, THE SYSTEM IS
TREATED NEARLY 11 MILLION
GALLONS TRADITIONAL CARBON
FILTERS SUCH AS WILMINGTON'S.
52 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT
COLLECT PFAS INTO A TOXIC WASTE
STREET. IT'S USUALLY
INCINERATED OR BURIED. SO
YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY SOLVING THE
PROBLEM YEARS. KIND OF KICKING
IT DOWN THE ROAD. WE ARE
ACTUALLY ABLE IN ONE PROCESS
TO REMOVE AND DESTROY ALL
EXACTLY THE SAME TIME. SO
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WASTE.
KERRY CURRENTLY USES POWDERED
CARBON BUT HOPES THIS NEW TECH
CAN BE CLEANER AND CHEAPER.
THIS DOES NOT HAVE THE CHEMICAL
THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY A
SAVINGS THERE. AND ALSO.
>> THE DISPOSAL COSTS WOULD NOT
BE THERE WITHIN VICK TO EARLY
LAB TESTS SHOW THE PILOT IS
WORKING PROGRESS WILL SINCE HE
BELIEVES WOULD MAKE HIS SISTER
PROUD THAT. I THINK SHE'S
LOOKING DOWN AND SMILING FOR
SURE.
>> THIS IS ONE OF 14 PILOT
PROJECT UP AND RUNNING AND
EVICTED TELLS ME THEY HAVE MORE
PARTNERSHIPS TO ANNOUNCE IN THE
COMING WEEKS IN THE SOUTHEAST
AND CARRY ON WITH LOUGHLIN WRAL
NEWS FOR THE TOWN OF CARY SAYS
IT WILL ANALYZE THE LAB RESULTS