Awards Insider: Onterris & The PFAS Treatment That Breaks the Cycle

Join hosts Alex and Jordan for the latest installment of our Awards Insider series, where we go deep on the 2026 E+E Leader Judges' Choice winners. Today, we are spotlighting Onterris and their groundbreaking SORBIX™ RePURE system, which took home the award for Business and Infrastructure.PFAS has been called the "forever chemical" because it doesn't break down, and traditionally, neither did the cost of dealing with it. The standard treatment approach relies on single-use filtration media that quickly becomes hazardous waste destined for a landfill or high-temperature incinerator. You are essentially treating one contamination problem by creating another.In this episode, we explore how Onterris is replacing this decades-old disposal model with a closed-loop system. We unpack how SORBIX™ RePURE functions as the world's first regenerable ion exchange system for PFAS treatment, utilizing an elegant "hub-and-spoke" model where municipalities and utilities can share centralized regeneration facilities without having to own the equipment themselves.Tune in to hear why the judges praised this paradigm-shifting technology, which boasts a greater than 99% reduction in PFAS waste, cuts the operational and environmental footprint by over 50%, and is already treating billions of gallons of water annually across municipal and industrial applications.Support the showThanks for listening!For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergyleader.com. Follow us on our Social Channels:LinkedIn l Twitter l Facebook l Instagram l YouTube l BlueSkySupport the show