PFAS Management and Solutions

Pioneering and Implementing Environmental Solutions

Rapidly evolving PFAS science and regulations have shifted environmental controls from clear-cut assessments to multiple fronts of potential concern. Bay West helps industry and government sites navigate this landscape, providing thorough identification of issues, risk evaluation, and implementation of solutions. We offer long-term PFAS plume characterization and monitoring across surface water, sediments, soils, and groundwater, backed by decades of on-site treatment and waste management experience. From pioneering PFAS destruction research and operating the Air Force’s longest-running PFAS pump-and-treat system to deploying the first passive flux meter for validating treatment effectiveness, Bay West combines expertise, innovation, and regulatory connections to assess and remediate PFAS contamination at any stage of your project.

Our PFAS-specific services include:

Risk Assessment and Regulatory Compliance: Our experts not only are completing human health and ecological risk assessments for every class or type of environmental chemical contaminant, but they are also helping to define the extents of what humans and environmental receptors may be exposed to PFAS and PFAS mixed with other contaminants. This class of chemicals and engineered molecules is like nothing that our industry has previously faced. Thus, we routinely develop robust conceptual site models and exposure assessments.
Investigations, Site Characterizations, and Monitoring: Bay West has years of projects and contracts under our belt that define and manage PFAS groundwater plume characterization and monitoring. Groundwater monitoring networks are joined with analytical chemistry and state-of-the-art technologies including airborne and water drones.
As PFAS was increasingly raised as an area of concern, our experts completed new sampling methodology based on in-field research to determine best PFAS sampling practices and methodologies. Subsequently, Bay West wrote and routinely updates our comprehensive PFAS Sampling Standard Operating Procedures.
Remediation, In Situ and Ex Situ: Our clients dealing with PFAS assessment routinely follow up with request for solutions and options, spanning simple to complex PFAS contaminant mixes at multiple sites around the country. We address improved approaches to managing surface and subsurface PFAS issues, including primary, long- and short-chain compounds, and precursors. Bay West’s research is a leader in PFAS destruction, working with a leading technology partner using super critical water oxidation to destroy the carbon-fluorine bonds in short- and long-chain PFAS compounds without media transfer.
Industrial Hygiene: Bay West combines conventional industrial hygiene assessments with risk evaluations, providing answers to clients’ questions as to whether PFAS are a risk to potential human receptors.
Analytical Chemistry: Our projects include the range of conventional to innovative analyses to best separate non-issues and potential site concerns.
Public, Strategic, and Risk Communications: Ever-developing PFAS regulations come with difficult conversations with constituents around these changes and what they mean for your outreach. Bay West has a robust communications team along with industry experts who can assist with your messaging, whether that be through graphics, in-person meetings, social media, web updates, or strategic written materials.
Waste Management: Bay West can manage all waste associated with PFAS from generation to the end facility. We will characterize the individual waste stream and find the best disposal option (e.g., stabilization and Subtitle C/D Landfill or as allowed, incineration) while maintaining compliance with state and federal requirements.
Environmental Due Diligence and Brownfield Redevelopment: The final rule on two PFAS compounds’ Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) designation has put perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) on equal footing with other hazardous substances under CERCLA/Superfund rules. The designation requires due diligence assessments to evaluate the potential for PFAS use as part of a standard Phase I environmental site assessment. Bay West’s real estate due diligence and brownfield services are here to help you evaluate current and past property uses, including those associated with industries that have been linked to PFAS applications in their processes.

Recent Remediation Experience

Bay West Leads Cutting-Edge Field Demonstration to Destroy PFAS in Lake Elmo, Minnesota

Bay West is leading one of the first full-scale, on-site PFAS destruction projects in the U.S. using advanced supercritical water oxidation.

Restoring Buxton Beach: Rapid Response to Coastal Contamination

Bay West responded to petroleum contamination at Buxton Beach, NC, helping the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers remediate and restore a sensitive coastal site.

PFAS Destruction Using Supercritical Water Oxidation

In partnership with General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS), Bay West is exploring the viability and cost-efficiency of using supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) for treating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Tests achieved a remarkable 99.94% reduction in PFAS highlighting SCWO’s potential for effective PFAS destruction.

Eglin AFB Munitions Investigation and Removal

Bay West conducts munitions investigation and removal at Eglin Air Force Base, allowing the site to be continuously utilized for training. Bay West collaborated with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other state and federal agencies to provide military munitions support.

Recent Insights

Environmental Planning and Consulting: A Practical Guide

Learn how environmental planning and consulting services support safe, compliant, and efficient projects—featuring answers to the questions clients ask most.

Supercritical Water Oxidation for PFAS Solid Waste Treatment

Discover how supercritical water oxidation offers a proven method for destroying PFAS in solid waste and advancing sustainable remediation.

Sediment and Bathymetry Services to Support Environmental Remediation

Sediment and bathymetry services that support remediation, restoration, and environmental decision-making across lakes, rivers, and harbors.

Bay West CEO Joins PFAS Sampling Team

Leadership met fieldwork when our CEO joined the PFAS sampling crew—underscoring the precision, protocols, and teamwork behind every data point.

Emergency Spill Response in Minnesota: Comprehensive Services for Rapid Cleanup

Emergency spill response in Minnesota for oil and hazmat cleanup. Fast, compliant, 24/7 containment and cleanup by experienced responders.

The History and Environmental Impact of Metal Plating Facilities in Minnesota

Bay West addressed contamination left by Minnesota’s former electroplating industry, a legacy of shifting manufacturing trends.