This panel session brings together leading voices from across the wastewater sector to explore how utilities, consultants, and technology specialists are responding to the growing challenge of PFAS in wastewater and biosolids management.

The discussion will focus on how the sector is moving beyond defining the problem toward practical implementation, operational resilience, and long-term strategic planning.

Panelists will share perspectives spanning utility operations, technical strategy, treatment innovation, regulatory readiness, and the future-proofing of wastewater infrastructure in an evolving environmental landscape.

Chair: Mark Craig, Strategy Manager - Non-Infrastructure, Severn Trent Water, UK

Panellists:

• Kati Bell, Vice President, Hazen and Sawyer, USA
• Katie Walker, Global PFAS Leader, Jacobs, USA
• Matt Hill, Technical Specialist - Chemicals, Microplastics & AMR, Yorkshire Water