| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S12609/01 |
| Title: |
Faraday Fast Track Proposal - IN-SITU SOURCE TREATMENT FOR ENHANCED BIOREMEDIATION PROCESSES (IN-STEP) |
| Principal Investigator: |
Killham, Professor K |
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| Department: |
Plant and Soil Science |
| Organisation: |
University of Aberdeen |
| Scheme: |
Faraday (PreFEC) |
| Starts: |
01 April 2003 |
Ends: |
30 September 2004 |
Value (£): |
81,946
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| Assess/Remediate Contamination |
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This project will make use of a contaminated site that has been well characterised in terms of geochemistry, hydrogeology and microbiology to assess a range of manipulations for the enhancement of monitored natural attenuation in the source zone. These manipulations will take the form of a number of cells containing amendments. These amendments include nutrients such as nitrate and phosphate and oxygen. Air sparging and oxidation will also be assessed. The field site will be characterised prior to the commencement of remediation in terms of microbiology, toxicity and geochemistry so as to determine baseline parameters. These parameters will be further assessed over time along with the remedial amendments. Furthermore, laboratory scale microcosm studies will be carried out in parallel with the field scale studies and degradation rates determined. These will be compared to rates obtained in the field. The microbiology of the laboratory scale microcosms will be compared to the field scale microbiology studies and interpreted in conjunction with the geochemical data.
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http://www.abdn.ac.uk |