Feasibility study of using GAC-capped drinking water filters to treat PFAS

Highlands Ranch Water and Carollo Engineers worked together to pilot a PFAS remediation technique at the utility: what was the result?
Aug. 1, 2025

Rosa Yu, national PFAS lead at Carollo Engineers, and Peter Bong, director of operations at Highlands Ranch Water, discuss Yu's GAC-capped drinking water filters feasibility study, how this approach can affect a utility's budget, how well it worked, what they learned in this specific circumstance, and what might work in other water systems.

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Mandy Crispin

Mandy Crispin

Mandy Crispin is the editor-in-chief of WaterWorld magazine and co-host of water industry podcast Talking Under Water. She can be reached at [email protected].  

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