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APPLICATIONS ANALYSIS REPORT: BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF WOOD PRESERVING SITE GROUNDWATER BY BIOTROL, INC.
Citation:
Skovronek, H. AND W. Hahn. APPLICATIONS ANALYSIS REPORT: BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF WOOD PRESERVING SITE GROUNDWATER BY BIOTROL, INC. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/540/A5-91/001.
Description:
This report is an evaluation of the Biotrol, Inc. Aqueous Treatment System (BATS), a fixed-film, aerobic biological treatment process for contaminated groundwaters and other wastewaters. t summarizes and analyzes the results of the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program's six week demonstration at the MacGill is and Gibbs Company wood preserving site in New Brighton, MN. ther pertinent data from BioTrol investigations are included tosupport the demonstration results. he conclusions from the pilot scale demonstration study and other available data are: 1) the fixed film aerobic process is capable of degrading pentachlorophenol (PCP) and other organic pollutants to more than 95% removal; (2) effluent concentrations well below 1 ppm are attainable (3) removal of PCP is largely by mineralization to carbon dioxide, water and salt based on chloride yields; (4) acute toxicity of the PCP-contaminated groundwater is eliminated; (5) operating cost for labor, chemicals, and energy range from $3.45/1000 gal at 5 gpm to $2.43/1000 gal at 30 gpm and total capital and operating cost can be as low as $2.94/1000 gallons.