EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ--Whitman, an environmental, engineering and management firm, has announced that they will be collaborating with a world-renowned researcher and environmental biotechnology company to study new methods of bioremediation.
A Whitman site in Passaic, NJ, will be the focus of a peer-reviewed research project that was recently awarded an $80,000 grant by the governing board of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. Whitman will assist Kerry Sublette of the University of Tulsa and Sublette Consulting Inc., who will serve as principal investigator, and Microbial Insights Inc. of Tennessee by providing hydrogeologic and engineering technical support on the project.
Soil and ground water at the Passaic site was contaminated with the chemical compound trichloroethene (TCE), which is in a class of contaminants known as chlorinated ethenes. This class of contaminants is among the most frequently detected groundwater contaminants in the world.
The goal of the project is to evaluate the effectiveness of first capturing the class of bacteria and transferring it to areas of contamination where dechlorination activity is low or nonexistent. Chlorinated ethenes are among the most frequently detected groundwater contaminants worldwide. The development and application of bioreactors for remediation of groundwater would be a valuable step in improving the quality of water at numerous sites around the globe.
Whitman
www.whitmanco.com
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