Biotechnology in Industrial Waste Treatment and Bioremediation

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1 INSTHTUT WAR BfoHotfceic W. A. R. Bibiiothek Wasserverscrgung, Abwassortechnik ll»v.-nr. D/fG2i^~ Abfa!!tochn;k t.;nd RatsnrJia^ving^ Technische Univarr-itM Da.Trs-.-dt PetersenstraBe 13, 6.'i237 Darmstadt TEL / A & ' V FAX / Biotechnology in Industrial Waste Treatment and Bioremediation Edited by Robert F. Hickey Gretchen Smith LEWIS PUBLISHERS Boca Raton New York London Tokyo

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section I Overview of Bioremediation and Innovative Field Applications Chapter 1 Bioremediation Research in EPA: An Overview of Needs, Directions, and Potentials 3 P. H. Pritchard, J. Er. Lin, J. G. Mueller, and M. Shields Chapter 2 In Situ Anaerobic PCB Dechlorination and Aerobic PCB Biodegradation in Hudson River Sediments 27 Daniel A. Abramowicz, John F. Brown, Jr., Mark R. Harkness, and Michael K. O'Donnell Chapter 3 Remediation Properties of the Upjohn Pond 45 Michael J. Klug, Michael G. Kaufman, Thomas E. Patt, and Kevin M. Walsh Chapter 4 The Development of Composting for the Remediation of Explosives- Contaminated Soils 69 K. R. Keehan and W. E. Sisk Chapter 5 In Situ Bioremediation via Horizontal Wells 79 Terry C. Hazen, B. B. Looney, M. Enzien, J. M. Dougherty, J. Wear, C. B. Fliernans, and C. A. Eddy Chapter 6 Bioventing Reclamation Pilot Project Aviation Gasoline Spill 87 Don H. Kampbell, John T. Wilson, and Christopher J. Griffin Chapter 7 Biological Treatment for the Control of Toxic Contaminants in Bleached Kraft Mill Effluents 93 Henryk Melcer and Andre Schnell

3 Section II Industrial Waste Treatment Chapter 8 Biodegradation of Methylene Chloride in Industrial Process Wastewater: Evaluation of Reactor Configurations and Comparison of a Pure Hyphomicrobial Culture with Wastewater Treatment Sludge James L. Spivack, Gary K. Shank, Robert J. Nick, Jeffrey R. Conuel, and Domenic A. Paone Ill Chapter 9 A Pilot-Scale Fluid Bed Reactor for Treatment of a Methylene Chloride Process Stream 143 Domenic A. Paone, Harold G. Weinreb, Mark J. Bauer, Marika Suominen, Jeffrey Kucinski, Krisztina Bordacs-Irwin, Thomas A. Sommerfield, and James L. Spivak Chapter 10 Biotreatment of Ammonium Perchlorate in Rocket Motor Wastewater 155 John F. Shanahan, Hubert Attaway, Sandy Harper, Gelen McDonal, and Mark D. Smith Chapter 11 The Membrane Biological Reactor for Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Bioremediation 175 Paul M. Sutton and Prakash N. Mishra Section III Bioremediation Chapter 12 Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils and Groundwater at a Former Solvent Storage Site 195 Lucy B. Pugh, Barry J. Christian, and Charles E. Carey Chapter 13 A Case Study: The Correlation of the Hydrogeology and the Microbial Component for Enhanced In Situ Treatment of BTEX Contaminated Groundwater Part I: Laboratory Assessment of the Sessile and Planktonic Microbial Populations in Aquifer Soil and Groundwater and their Metabolic Activity on BTEX 213 J. H. Wolfram, D. Seidner, S. Edgmon, and L. Gawel

4 Part II: Field Approach to Enhancing Bioremediation by Increasing the Microbial Population In Situ Using Oxygen and Nutrients 227 R. M. Raetz and S. L. Neihaus Chapter 14 In Situ Bioremediation: An Integrated System Approach 243 Christopher H. Nelson, Ronald J. Hicks, and Scott D. Andrews Chapter 15 BioFilter Treatment of Process Streams in the Chemical Process to Eliminate Odoriferous Compounds and Higher Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons 269 Wayne A. Nash and Richard B. Seibert Chapter 16 Methanotrophic Treatment Technology 279 R. Legrand Chapter 17 The Combination of High Intensity Soil Washing and Bioremediation in the Decontamination of Petroleum Polluted Soils 295 Barry O. Shorthouse Chapter 18 Experimental In Situ Bioremediation of Hydrocarbons with the Help of Hydrogen Peroxide 305 H. Bonin, M. Guillerme, and P. Lecomte Chapter 19 Implementation of GAC Fluidized-Bed for Treatment of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Groundwater at Two BP Oil Distribution Terminals, Pilot and Full-Scale 317 William Perpich, Jr. and Richard Laubacher Chapter 20 Experiences with GAC-Fluid Bed for Bioremediation of BTEX- Contaminated Groundwaters 333 Gene Mazewski, John Tiffany, and Stephanie Hansen Chapter 21 Design and Remediation Results of a Full-Scale Bioremediation Systems Utilizing an On-Site Oxygen Generator 345 Barbara Quinlan, William M. Korreck, and John Armstrong

5 Chapter 22 Utilization of Closed-In-Place Underground Storage Tanks in the Remediation of Contaminated Soils and Groundwater 359 Michael D. Waltz Index 377

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