Bioremediation solutions for of
all weights of petroleum hydrocarbons, sites contaminated with solvents and
other volatile organic compounds (such as trichloroethane, trichloroethene,
benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes, BTEX) and fuels such as diesel or
gasoline. Converts harmful petroleum products into carbon dioxide and
water.
Many of the most toxic
environmental contaminants are now candidates for bioremediation.
Bioremediation of hydrocarbons is
best accomplished with a process called Bio-augmentation. That is, the addition
of a large number of selected, laboratory grown, standardized microorganisms to
a contaminated matrix. These contaminant specific microbes capable of degrading
these compounds breaking them down into carbon dioxide and water. The microbes
will survive and consume their contaminant food source until the unwanted
pollutant is remediated.
Successful
Bioaugmentation with Microbes
Bioaugmentation with microbes
requires a few criteria to be successful.
- The first is the ability for the
added microbes to reach the contaminant.
- The second is oxygen, microbes
require oxygen. Much of their requirement will come from the atmosphere.
However, if the ground is compacted, the ground should be tilled or raked to
allow as much oxygen as possible to permeate the soil. If this is not possible,
please contact us for other suggestions on how this can be achieved.
- The third is temperature. The
working range is between 5-45º C (with 28º C being the optimum)
- The fourth is pH. The microbes a
have a working range of pH 6.5 to 8.5
- The fifth is the addition of
nutrients to the soil and moisture. We will advise you of the necessary
nutrients required for each remediation project.
As long as the microbes can reach
the contaminants with the necessary oxygen, nutrients, moisture, and the
temperature and pH are within the microbes working range, then remediation will
be successful.
How long
will a typical clean up take?
This depends on the contaminant involved and
it's concentration levels. It can range anywhere from a week for simple
gasoline spills to several months for complicated crude oils.
Contamination will either be
dissolved in the groundwater, floating on the groundwater as free product,
"sorbed" (bound) to the soil. In each case, we offer a specific product whose
microbial types and levels have been optimized to cope with the various
scenarios.
A series of all-natural microbial
systems has been isolated to bioremediate hydrocarbon contamination in either
salt or fresh water environments. These microbial systems contain high
concentrations of safe, non-pathogenic, microorganisms.
Will reduce and eliminate
hydrocarbons from contributing to contamination in:
- stormwater runoff
- at commercial and industrial
sites
- oil spill cleanup in lakes,
rivers, groundwater, and ocean
- treatment of bilge and ballast
water
- marina spills
These products are ideally suited
for immediate application in treating the typical contamination from boats on a
marina's surface water.
Specifically formulated for use in
soil applications, landfarming, underground storage tanks, large industrial
clean-ups and spills on turf - soil - grass. Also, formulas for concrete,
pavement and parking lots clean-ups.
Case Study for in-situ
Underground Storage Tank
Products for
hydrocarbon spills on soil - oil, diesel, gasoline, hydraulic
fluid
