CASE STUDIES OF BIOREMEDIATION
This page presents six large scale applications for bioremediation.
- CASE STUDY 1: Audio presentation - a common application of cleaning up oil contaminated water. This is the Exxon Valdez case study, 1989 (looked at within lecture 11).
- CASE STUDY 2: Audio presentation - Bioremediation of Gulf Oil Spill, 2010
- CASE STUDY 3: Audio presentation - Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Solvents. You will see how bio-stimulation of existing microorganisms was successfully used to remediate almost all of the contamination.
- CASE STUDY 4: Audio presentation - Bioremediation of multiple hazardous materials by phyto-remediation and constructed wetlands.
- CASE STUDY 5: Audio presentation - Bioremediation of a former tar distillery, Merseyside, UK. Here, organic pollutants, tar residuals & heavy metals were bioremediated by windrow composting and biopiles. This case study is a paper from a project in the UK and will greatly broaden your understanding of bioremediation as a whole process, e.g. from initial feasibility studies, considerations and results achieved.
- CASE STUDY 6: Love Canal - health consequences of poorly managed landfill, covering how bioremediation was implemented to treat the contaminated land.
1) Bioremediation of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Alaska: 1989
2) Bioremediation of Gulf Oil Spill
3) Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Solvents:
Bio-stimulation of Native Microorganisms
4) Audio Presentation: In-situ & Ex-situ Bioremediation of Multiple Hazardous Materials:
Phytoremediation and Constructed Wetlands
5) Bioremediation of a former industrial site using Windrow Composting and Non-aerated Bio-piles:
The Lanstar Tar Distillery, Merseyside, UK
The link is a short paper, which describes a number of bioremediation strategies assessed and employed to successfully remove organic pollutants (mainly TPHs, PAHs and phenols), tar residues and heavy metals from a former tar distillery, Merseyside, UK.
It describes the soil sampling, monitoring, bioremediation rates and results achieved by both windrow composting and non-aerated bio-piles.
http://epppublications.com/Documents/09-3-1.pdf
It describes the soil sampling, monitoring, bioremediation rates and results achieved by both windrow composting and non-aerated bio-piles.
http://epppublications.com/Documents/09-3-1.pdf
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE & THE NEED FOR BIOREMEDIATION!
Love Canal Landfill (Part 1) 1978
Love Canal Landfill (Part 2)
Links to Further Case Studies.
Case Studies:
This company also provide information about relevant case studies having applied aerobic and anaerobic bioremediation:
Aerobic Bioremediation:
For a case study of contaminated soil remediation in Texas:
http://bioremediationinc.com/pdf/surfacecleanersoilcontaminationstudy.pdf
This includes the problem, field analysis, bioremediation procedure, bio-degradation rates achieved, final results, duration, labour and costs.
This company also provide information about relevant case studies having applied aerobic and anaerobic bioremediation:
Aerobic Bioremediation:
- Gasoline (BTEX/MTBE) – Florida
- Gasoline (BTEX/MTBE) – Pennsylvania
- Diesel – Arizona
- No. 4 Oil – Massachusetts
- Chlorinated Solvents Full-Scale – Oregon
- Chlorinated Solvents Full-scale – Oregon
- Hexavalent Chromium Pilot-scale – Washington
For a case study of contaminated soil remediation in Texas:
http://bioremediationinc.com/pdf/surfacecleanersoilcontaminationstudy.pdf
This includes the problem, field analysis, bioremediation procedure, bio-degradation rates achieved, final results, duration, labour and costs.
Other Information Sources
“Hastings Groundwater Contamination (Second Street Subsite)” fact sheet, 2007 www.epa.gov/superfund/accomp/factsheets04/secondst.htm.www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/npl_files/ned980862668.pdf....
“A Citizen’s Guide to Bioremediation,” EPA 542-F-01-001, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, April 2001...
www.epa.gov/tio/download/citizens/bioremediation.pdf.
"Bioremediation". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth January 12, 2011; Last revised Date September 23, 2011; Retrieved March 7, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bioremediation?topic=49587>
“A Citizen’s Guide to Bioremediation,” EPA 542-F-01-001, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, April 2001...
www.epa.gov/tio/download/citizens/bioremediation.pdf.
"Bioremediation". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth January 12, 2011; Last revised Date September 23, 2011; Retrieved March 7, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bioremediation?topic=49587>