New Jersey Health Foundation Awards 19 New Grants for Rowan Projects

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"We will repurpose an industrial solid waste," Zhiming Zhang says.

"Instead of being landfilled, the proposed treatment process gives drinking water treatment residuals a second life, a great practice towards sustainability."

Zhang, an environmental engineering professor at New Jersey's Rowan University, is one of 19 researchers to receive a total of $832,000 from the New Jersey Health Foundation to study perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, which have been found in lakes and rivers across the US, including the Delaware River.

The chemicals, which are found in everything from firefighting foam to nonstick pans, do not break down in the body or the environment and have been linked to health problems, including kidney and testicular cancer.

In his study, Zhang and his team will first analyze stormwater samples to figure out how much PFAS is in them, then test a process for removing them using adsorption materials.

"When stormwater runoff flows into the catch basins, contaminants like PFAS compounds can be adsorbed and removed from the stormwater discharge, reducing the amount of PFAS in surface water systems," Zhang says in a press release.

His team plans to use "residual industrial solid waste" generated during drinking water treatment processes to create bags that can be placed in catch basins

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