
General Atomics Demonstrates PFAS Destruction System for Minnesota Congresswoman, State and Local Officials
created: June 9, 2025, 9 p.m. | updated: June 10, 2025, 11:21 p.m.
The PERSES system is on-site at the Lake Elmo facility for a four-week period to demonstrate the system's industrial-scale capabilities to destroy a wide variety of PFAS and PFAS contaminated waste.
The PERSES system will be shipped to other suitable test sites for additional on-site PFAS destruction testing and demonstrations.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum in Lake Elmo, MN for PFAS destruction demonstrationCongresswoman Betty McCollum in Lake Elmo, MN for PFAS destruction demonstration using GA-EMS PERSES waste destruction system.
Through Department of Defense investment and private-sector innovation, General Atomics has achieved an extraordinary scientific breakthrough by completing a successful PFAS remediation in a controlled setting," said Congresswoman McCollum.
In a single process, PERSES destroys PFAS and PFAS waste with co-contaminants leaving behind only water, salts, and carbon dioxide which can be safely released into the environment with no post-treatment requirement.
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