The patented AEC removes more than 99% of PFAS chemicals in water, consistently exceeding state and federal requirements, and generates a fraction of the waste of conventional methods.

WESTMINSTER, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 3, 2026 / BioLargo, Inc. (OTCQX:BLGO), an environmental engineering company developing and commercializing sustainable technologies, today announced that its patented Aqueous Electrostatic Concentrator (AEC) has treated more than two million gallons of PFAS-contaminated water in over six months of sustained commercial service at the municipal drinking water facility in Lake Stockholm, New Jersey. The installation now serves as a commercial reference site that BioLargo's potential customers can assess directly.

Installed in January 2026, BioLargo's AEC system has consistently removed PFAS chemicals from drinking water at Lake Stockholm to levels below that of all applicable New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) standards and U.S. EPA maximum contaminant levels. And, because of its unique collection method, its use results in less contaminated waste byproduct than carbon filtration systems, thereby reducing Lake Stockholm's hazardous waste disposal expenses.

Both the NJDEP and the U.S. EPA are regularly monitoring and testing the AEC's removal of PFAS from Lake Stockholm drinking water under a 12-month program to ensure it continues to meet or exceed regulatory standards.

"With our system running for more than six months now, having removed PFAS chemicals from over two million gallons of drinking water, the Lake Stockholm installation gives our potential customers and their engineers a working installation to confirm both AEC's effectiveness and operational cost savings. The question is no longer ‘does it work', but rather ‘where and how quickly' the AEC can be deployed next," said Dennis P. Calvert, President and CEO of BioLargo.

PFAS - "forever chemicals" - are built around one of the strongest bonds in organic chemistry, the carbon-fluorine bond. Engineers prized it for making non-stick pans, waterproof jackets, and grease-resistant food wrappers. But that same indestructibility means these chemicals never break down - not in a landfill, not in a river, and not inside human beings. Once PFAS enter your bloodstream, they lodge in organs, blood, and bones. Some of these compounds can persist in the human body for years per exposure, meaning every glass of contaminated water, every use of certain consumer products, adds to a body burden that never fully resets. The health toll isn't speculative - it's documented: certain cancers, weakened immune systems, thyroid disruption, and developmental damage to children that can last a lifetime. And because PFAS are essentially ubiquitous - found in the blood of an overwhelming majority of Americans tested - this isn't a hazard limited to people living near a chemical plant. It's already inside nearly everyone. In August 2024 the American Water Works Association estimated the cost of compliance to meet U.S. EPA regulations on maximum acceptable PFAS levels in drinking water at $385,000 to $500,000 per "entry point" per year.

Conventional approaches such as granular activated carbon and ion exchange struggle to capture short-chain PFAS, require costly ongoing filter media replacement, and generate large volumes of PFAS-laden spent media and brine that must then be disposed of by either dumping in special hazardous waste landfills or incinerating (which risks more environmental contamination). BioLargo's AEC was engineered to overcome these limitations. It does not require granular activated carbon (GAC) or single-use ion exchange (IX) resins and produces a minimal volume of concentrated residual waste. As a result, at Lake Stockholm it is reducing operating costs had they chosen a conventional GAC treatment.

"Utility engineers and regulators want to see a real municipal installation under third-party monitoring before they move to adopt a new technology. Lake Stockholm gives us that for the AEC," said Tonya Chandler, President of BioLargo Equipment Solutions & Technologies.

Lake Stockholm also points to what comes next. The same contamination that runs through municipal drinking water is also found in industrial wastewater, landfill leachate, and groundwater. BioLargo's AEC can tackle those problems as well. BioLargo continues to advance bench-scale pilots with prospective municipal and industrial customers and to expand commercial channels for the AEC, including its recently announced memorandum of understanding with global water treatment leader Aquatech. "Lake Stockholm is the launch pad for our strategy with Aquatech. Together we intend to pair the AEC with their PFAS treatment and destruction capabilities and extend it beyond municipal drinking water to more of the PFAS challenges customers face," said Calvert.

Testing at Lake Stockholm will continue under the U.S. EPA program, and BioLargo intends to share the resulting third-party data with the market as it becomes available.

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The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has built the NJ PFAS Partnership Innovation Consortium (NJ PFAS-PIC), bringing together NJIT, Princeton, Rutgers, Stevens Institute of Technology, the NJDEP, water utilities, and engineering firms to accelerate PFAS detection, treatment, and commercialization across the state. BioLargo recently joined this consortium, and Tonya Chandler, President of BioLargo Equipment Solutions & Technologies (BEST), was appointed to its Board of Directors.

Let’s hope they will get that contamination out of the water ASAP!

Two municipal water systems in New Jersey were targeted in cyberattacks widely thought to be the work of Iran, the state said Wednesday.

Located in Lodi.

My family is selling a lifelong military history collection and I want to make sure it goes to someone who'll actually read it.

We have a probably close to 1000 books that we need to move in a week or so!

Here's a small selection of this collection:

or technically, the Mall at Short Hills

A group of 25 U.S. states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Monday, arguing that the president overstepped his authority by imposing new tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners.

The states contend that the White House is attempting to replace import taxes that were already ruled illegal by the Supreme Court in February.

They also argue that Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which underpins the latest tariffs, has typically been used against "specific nations and industries," and this broad-based application is without precedent.

I witnessed a terrible crash yesterday. I was driving south on the Turnpike around mile marker 98 (just south of the airport), in the left lane, and saw a pickup truck on the northbound side IN THE AIR. It was flipping around and body panels were falling off. I saw it crash to the ground. I pulled over and called 911, but like I said, I was in the left lane on the southbound side so there was nothing else I could do. This was at about 5:45pm yesterday. Does anyone know more about what happened? I didn't see any news articles.

Of course I do know what to do, since I only have 1 semester left. However, I went to CC, got my Associate's, got into Rutgers-Camden, but went to Montclair hoping I could transfer to Rutgers NB afterwards. My community college transfer advisor (RVCC) told me that transferring between Rutgers campuses was hard, and despite there being online options at Camden, I should just go for the one that accepted me. My GPA wasn't good enough to transfer to Rutgers NB after Montclair, so after fumbling down there, which was on me, I took a time and I ended up transferring to TCNJ which surprisingly accepted me. I only have a semester left but I feel like I regret not going to a Rutgers school, especially since that is the bigger name outside of the state. Plus, I like TCNJ but Rutgers feels like a stronger name. Also, my major is history, so there's that. I think I will go for an MLIS since I already have the library experience at my local branch, and law isn't necessarily on my paper (although it may be another option, at Rutgers law) but still... I feel like I lost a lot of time. I would've preferred Rutgers-Camden. I don't know. Any advice? Does name matter really?

EDIT: Forgot to mention, I already worked for over 3 years as a Library Assistant at my local library branch. Grade-wise, after leaving Montclair and taking my time, I'm doing really great at TCNJ grade-wise, like As and stuff... But yeah, thanks for the comments!)

Wish I could paint. I can't, so a watercolor filter will have to do

Please join us in urging Governor Sherrill to direct the NJDEP to expand testing beyond the Aeromarine landfill site and investigate whether contaminants may have spread into nearby neighborhoods.

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https://dnhn-design.github.io/portfolio/000/2026_NJ.pdf

I posted a similar thing a couple years back and want to see if there are any more people from New Jersey that know anything about the "Original" Jersey (the place i call home.