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BIOREMEDIATION TRAINING
Citation:
ACHESON, C. M. BIOREMEDIATION TRAINING. Presented at 17th Annual National Association of Remedial Project Managers Annual Training Conference, Baltimore, MD, May 21 - 25, 2005.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public.
Description:
Bioremediation encompasses a collection of technologies which use microbes to degrade or transform contaminants. Three technologies have an established track record of acceptable performance: aerobic bioventing for fuels; enhanced reductive dechlorination for chlorinated solvent plumes; and permeable reactive barriers for chlorinated solvent plumes. For other technologies and contaminants, treatability testing is needed to demonstrate adequate performance before full scale implementation. In order to evaluate whether bioremediation technologies will be useful at a specific contaminated site, remedial project managers (RPMs) should be aware of several types of information. Two recent publications by the Engineering Forum provide an overview of bioremediation technologies. General information regarding the use of bioremediation will be reviewed in the presentation. For demonstrated technologies, an overview will be presented with references for additional more extensive information. An example of an applied research project will be summarized since many technologies will require treatability testing. Finally, examples of bioremediation data will be reviewed with a discussion of data quality, consistency, and interpretation.