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MICROBIAL DEGRADATIVE ACTIVITY IN GROUND WATER AT A CHEMICAL WASTE DISPOSAL SITE
Citation:
Hwang, H., R. Hodson, D. Lewis, AND R. Scholze. MICROBIAL DEGRADATIVE ACTIVITY IN GROUND WATER AT A CHEMICAL WASTE DISPOSAL SITE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-93/281 (NTIS PB93222396), 1993.
Description:
The microbial fate and effects of toxic organic chemicals at the ambient concentration in leachates derived from a waste disposal landfill site are examined. roundwater downslope from the burial site contains high levels of dissolved organic chemicals such as toluene, xylene, benzene, and nethylene chloride. p-Cresol and toluene were used as model compounds; their microbiological dissimilation over a wide range of substrate concentrations was investigated. n addition, the effects of inorganic nutrients, the presence of other chemical pollutants, and alternative electron acceptors (sulfate and nitrate) on microbial degradative activity were assessed.
