b'the seven U.S. airports that have alreadyReliable Heres the HitchBefore SEA could start using the newtransitioned to fluorine-free foam used asolutions for fluorine-free foam, the airport needed towater-only rinse process, Krause wasnt clean its five aircraft rescue and firefightingconvinced that was enough. He offersyour airport (ARFF) vehicles to eliminate any residualthe analogy of washing dirty dishes. A product that contained PFAS. That processrinse with cold water will get the dishesproject.involved several critical steps. The first wassomewhat clean, but you wouldnt want to determining How clean is clean?eat off them. Rinsing with hot water is a bit better. But hot water and soap do the job The answer was elusive, given aright. In this case, the soap SEA selectedA comprehensive range prevailing lack of industry standards oris PerfluorAd, a biodegradable plant-based mandated benchmarks. We didnt reallyof drainage solutions have any criteria, King explains. We weresolution provided by TRS Group, foundedfrom pedestrian in Washington state. trying to do this work without having aapplications to airport specific end goal.Krause expresses confidence in the choice based on his teams research andand port loading So, SEA personnel asked cleaningdocumented performance at Europeanenvironments.solution providers to tell them what wasairports and in other industries. Were possible, and then evaluated the variousvery happy with the data for this product, options based on effectiveness, wastehe says. Its in the realm of 99% effective generation and process length.on most of the PFAS chemicals that were From Krauses perspective, the top twoevaluated. In the testing weve done so far, priorities were getting the ARFF vehicleswere at 99% clean in our trucks, plus or as clean as possible and generating theminus a little bit. Learn more at ejco.comleast amount of waste. Although six ofor call 800 626 4653Made in the USAAirportImprovement.comOctober 2024'