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Tetra Techn, Inc is the recipient of a $800 million 5-year award provided by the U.S. Army Engineering Support Center, Huntsville to remove PFAS from fire suppression systems at installations around the United States. Tetra Tech, Inc. provides high-end consulting and engineering services and has a history of supporting the U.S. Department of Defense to safely address potentially harmful chemicals in bases and the surrounding environment.
The source of the PFAS is in the aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) which has been used for decades in fire suppression systems. Tetra Tech, Inc will look to evaluate it’s proprietary PFAScrub cleaning agent along with performance verification methods in order to remove residual PFAS from the interior of fire suppression systems.