Our Approach to PFAS Mitigation
Beyond Containment. Toward Real PFAS Remediation.
PFAS has become the defining remediation challenge of this generation. VIYA helps technical teams move from uncertainty and management-only approaches toward site-specific strategies designed to immobilize, transform, and reduce PFAS with greater confidence.
Challenge
Persistent Chemistry
Carbon-fluorine bonds make PFAS difficult to break and even harder to address across complex site conditions.
Reality
Regulations are Tightening
EPA guidance and state standards continue to evolve, increasing pressure to show defensible results.
VIYA Advantage
Biological, Chemical, and Thermal Expertise in One Integrated Platform
Built on field discovery, protected IP, and experience supporting high-stakes remediation programs.
Why PFAS Matters
PFAS Is a Chemistry Problem, a Regulatory Problem, and a Credibility Problem.
PFAS 101
- PFAS is known as a forever chemical. Its exceptionally stable carbon-fluorine bonds resist conventional remediation approaches
- PFAS behaves differently across soil, groundwater, and mixed-contaminant environments
- Regulatory expectations on containing PFAS are evolving quickly at both the state and federal levels.
- Containment of PFAS is not enough. Stakeholders increasingly expect reduction and destruction.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are extraordinarily persistent in soil, groundwater, and the vadose zone. Their chemistry makes them resistant to degradation, while their mobility and diversity make them difficult to characterize and even harder to remediate.
For years, many sites were forced into strategies centered on containment, transfer, and long-term management. That may reduce immediate exposure risk, but it does not change the trajectory of the site. Today, as standards tighten and scrutiny increases, technical teams need more than a holding pattern. They need a path forward that is scientifically grounded and operationally defensible.
VIYA: A Pioneer in PFAS Treatment
VIYA Has Been at the Forefront of Shaping PFAS Destruction Technologies.
VIYA was one of the first organizations in the industry to identify how Bioavailable Absorbent Media, or BAM™, could do more than immobilize contaminants.
While deploying a carbon-based absorption technology at sites with complex mixed-contaminant profiles, our researchers observed that microbial communities already active in treating other contaminants appeared to influence the transformation of PFAS through natural co-metabolic pathways.
At one site, PFAS reductions exceeded 90%. That field evidence became the basis for a patented methodology and new direction for remediation thinking. Today, that discovery continues to shape how we approach PFAS: with curiosity, rigor, and a commitment to move beyond containment-only solutions.
VIYA’s Unique Patented Methodology
BAM™ Is Not Just a Material. It Is the Engine Behind a Smarter Remediation Pathway.
VIYA’s patented BAM™ methodology is built on a carbon-based substrate derived from pyrolyzed recycled biomass. In the subsurface, it acts as an absorption medium, supports microbial communities, and creates conditions that enable co-metabolic PFAS transformation.
That matters because PFAS sites rarely present as simple, single-contaminant problems. BAM™ was developed through real field conditions where chlorinated solvents, metals, petroleum impacts, and PFAS may all coexist.
The result is a technology platform designed for complexity, not idealized conditions — one that helps technical teams move beyond passive containment toward more adaptive, site-specific remediation strategies.
How BAM™ Works
1. Absorption
Captures and immobilizes PFAS within the treatment zone.
2. Biological support
Provides habitat for microbial communities active in co-metabolic pathways.
3. Transformation potential
Helps create site conditions that support PFAS reduction rather than passive containment alone.
Partner with VIYA
Site-Specific PFAS Remediation, Built From a Full Treatment Toolkit.
VIYA brings together biological, chemical, and thermal treatment capabilities to design remedial strategies around the site in front of us, not around the limits of a single technology. That makes us especially effective in high-complexity environments such as AFFF-impacted sites, industrial facilities, and legacy landfills with mixed plumes.
Our approach is built to validate the right path, adapt to site conditions, and apply treatment where it will have the greatest impact.
Validate the Pathway
Bench-scale studies and field pilots help confirm technology selection, optimize dosing, and reduce implementation risk before full-scale deployment.
Treat in Place
BAM, targeted amendments, and in-situ delivery approaches support immobilization and transformation in the saturated and unsaturated zones.
Accelerate Where Needed
In-situ and ex-situ thermal treatment can address high-concentration source areas where faster mass removal is essential.
Manage Extracted Water
Ex-situ groundwater and wastewater treatment options incorporate advanced oxidation processes and treatment media for PFAS-impacted flows.
Work Alongside Teams
We support engineering consultants, regulators, and responsible parties who need rigor, responsiveness, and field credibility from their remediation partners.
The Result
A strategy that is more defensible, more adaptable, and more aligned with where PFAS regulation and remediation are headed.
CASE STUDIES
Real PFAS Sites.
Proven Results.
Bioremediation for PFAS
- Airports / Aviation
- Wisconsin,
- USA
Complex Hydrocarbon & PFAS ISTR at Across Nine Impacted Areas
- Oil & Gas
- California,
- USA
Bioremediation for PFAS in Groundwater
- Industrial / Manufacturing
- Michigan,
- USA
Solutions & Technologies
Flexible Solutions. Optimized Results.
VIYA’s technology-agnostic approach allows us to customize treatments that optimize time, cost, and remediation outcome.
Ready to Go Deeper?
Let’s Evaluate What’s Possible at Your Site.
PFAS response plans are under pressure to do more than maintain the status quo. Whether you are assessing site conditions, designing a pilot, or planning a full-scale remediation program, VIYA can help you evaluate the right treatment strategy and identify the most technically defensible path forward for your site.