Ketos has announced the launch of Ketos Prism, a platform designed to accelerate awareness and action to water quality and environmental data, particularly with PFAS chemicals often found in the industrial, construction, and utility industries. The AI capabilities of the Ketos Shield and WAVE solutions are now expanded with this new software-only offering.
By removing the complexities of sourcing, cleaning, and aggregating publicly available data from organizations such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Ketos Prism reduces time-to-insight from days to minutes.
With Ketos Prism, users can consolidate insights from multiple sources into a single destination, enabling comprehensive environmental data analysis through a user-friendly interface and AI-driven mapping. This powerful tool supports a wide range of stakeholders, including pre-construction companies conducting site surveys, policymakers seeking historical water quality data, environmental law firms requiring data for defense and litigation, organizations monitoring surface water intake and quality, entities conducting location-specific water quality risk assessments, and institutions investigating PFAS/PFOS, surface water contamination, and NPDES permit compliance.
Meena Sankaran, CEO of Ketos said: "Sourcing environmental and water quality data takes time and effort and PFAS is a massive concern. We are just kick-starting our contributions towards this critical initiative that utilities will have to undertake over the next decade. Whether you're an environmental firm, utility, or in construction, understanding environmental risks related to PFAS and others is essential to your survival and success. PRISM's Data as a Service (DaaS) insight-sharing approach empowers teams to make informed decisions with access to the most comprehensive water quality data available."
Prism offers organizations the ability to get granular and analyze information with accuracy in mind. This allows organizations to zero in on PFAS contamination, EPA-regulated facilities, NPDES permits and violations, fines paid, and more.
Prism is now available on the Databricks Marketplace, enabling faster and more accessible data gathering and visualization. Users can quickly view environmental insights, download sample information, and transform data into actionable insights in minutes. By effortlessly accessing and parsing the latest publicly available environmental data, Prism simplifies the research process, sourcing, cleaning, and aggregating data to ensure it is ready for analysis. This results in billions of data points and dozens of datasets that help organizations understand water-related business risks.
Prism can be utilized for water risk assessment, environmental risk assessment, permit compliance monitoring, research, assessing legal exposure, and marketing lead generation.
PFAS contamination in the USA
In conjunction with the launch of Prism, Ketos also released a new report titled "PFAS Contamination in the USA." As the presence of PFAS in water supplies raises increasing concern, the EPA announced the final National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for six PFAS chemicals, setting enforceable levels to be established by 2029.
Leveraging Ketos Prism, researchers examined recent EPA data on PFAS measurements in Public Water Supply Systems to compile a comprehensive report detailing the prevalence of PFAS in drinking water across the USA.
The report aims to illuminate the current composition of PFAS in drinking water, identify the geographical distribution of detectable PFAS levels in public water supply systems in the US, investigate how proximity to specific industries affects the risk of PFAS contamination in drinking water, and provide actionable recommendations for policymakers and the public to mitigate over-exposure risks.
Key insights of the report include an overview of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals", potential strategies for public policy planners and individuals to reduce risk and exposure, the potential human health impacts of long-term exposure as PFOS and PFOA EPA thresholds were exceeded at all locations where detectable levels of these contaminants were found. Delaware was found to be one of the states with the largest population potentially exposed to PFAS in their water supply.
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