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BENCH-SCALE EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES FOR THE REMEDIATION OF PCP- AND CREOSOTE-CONTAMINATED MATERIALS: SLURRY-PHASE BIOREMEDIATION
Citation:
Mueller, J., S. Lantz, B. Blattman, AND P. Chapman. BENCH-SCALE EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES FOR THE REMEDIATION OF PCP- AND CREOSOTE-CONTAMINATED MATERIALS: SLURRY-PHASE BIOREMEDIATION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-91/331 (NTIS PB92129683), 1991.
Description:
Performance data on slurry-phase bioremediation of pentachlorophenol (PCP)- and creosote-contaminated sediment and surface soil were generated at the bench-scale level. queous slurries, containing 0.05% Triton X-100 to facilitate the soil washing process and to help stabilize the suspensions, were prepared from sediment and surface soil freshly obtained from the American creosote Works superfund site at Pensacola, Florida. xcluding PCP, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene and indeno[123-cd]pyrene, slurry-phase bioremediation of highly contaminated sediment (pH adjusted) resulted in rapid and extensive biodegradation (3-5 days to biodegrade > 50% of targeted compounds) of monitored constituents. ata suggest that slurry-phase bioremediation strategies can be effectively employed to remediate creosote-contaminated materials.
