De Nora Selected to Support Landmark Chesapeake Bay Region Groundwater Restoration Program with Large-Scale PFAS Treatment System
De Nora’s PFAS treatment system supports HRSD’s SWIFT program to restore the Potomac Aquifer and combat saltwater intrusion threatening the region’s drinking water supply MILAN, ITALY — Industrie De Nora, a global leader in electrochemical processes and water treatment technologies, has been selected by the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) to provide its SORB FX Ion Exchange (IX) PFAS removal system for the SWIFT advanced water treatment facility at HRSD’s Nansemond Treatment Plant, a centerpiece of HRSD’s Sustainable Water Infrastructure for Tomorrow (SWIFT) program. The Nansemond facility is central to HRSD’s indirect potable reuse program, treating municipal wastewater to drinking water standards before recharging it into the Potomac Aquifer, the primary underground water supply for eastern Virginia. The SWIFT program is designed to reverse declining groundwater levels and combat saltwater intrusion, two critical threats to the region’s long-term...