Graduate civil engineers, Dylan Powell and Navdip Kaur investigate PFAS, the two contaminants that have been coined as the industry’s ‘hot topics’ and are a cause of concern.
Dylan and Navdip explore the impact of these microplastics on the environment and the position they hold in the water cycle. They present the important role that water engineers can play, and the skills they need to use to address this challenge.
This article first appeared in the September 2024 edition of the Institute of Water magazine.
View articleDylan Powell is a Graduate Civil Engineer with Binnies. Dylan entered the emerging contaminants space through his MEng research investigating Microplastic removal through coagulation and flocculation in the wastewater treatment process.
Navdip Kaur is a Graduate Civil Engineer at Binnies. Navdip first started looking at Emerging Contaminants whilst researching for her MSc project, which focused on the breakdown behaviour and release of organic components by plastics in the environment.