Traditional Treatment Methods

Treatment Limitations

Bio-Cycle™ Solutions

Benefits of Green Remediation

GROUNDWATER PUMP & TREAT

 

• Doesn’t treat soil contamination.
  
  
• Doesn’t remove contamination adhered to soil below the water table.

• Washes above the water table and provides microbes for soil polishing.
  
  
• Microbes remove and partially consume both above and below the water table.

• Treatment fluids are derived from the groundwater on-site and are recycled continuously throughout the treatment process.
  
  
• No water discharge means no discharge permits are required for operation.
  
  
• Additionally, there are no side streams, wastes, spent catalysts, effluents, air emissions or residues remaining in the treated groundwater or soil, and there are no special analytical requirements for the application.
  
  
• Microorganisms simply break the hydrocarbon molecules down into H2O and negligible amounts of CO2 and methane gas.
  
  
• Microbes are naturally occurring, non-pathogenic and non-opportunistic. The microbes, enzymes and nutrients are not flammable and are not toxic. No special personal protective equipment is required when handling these items.
  
  
• Treatment equipment utilizes small motors minimizing energy usage.

SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION

 

• Doesn’t work in saturated soil.
  
  
• Will not remove semi-volatile compounds.

• Injection wells target contaminants in both saturated and unsaturated portions of the aquifer.
  
  

AIR SPARGING

 

 

• Creates air channels.
  
  
• Effective treatments are limited near the sparge well.
  
  
• Relies on indigenous microbes & nutrients.

• Promotes water flow to move the dissolved oxygen added to the treatment fluids into the aquifer.
  
  
• Treatment fluids contain microbes/enzymes and nutrients to consume the specific contaminant(s) on-site.

BIO-TREATMENT INJECTIONS

 

 

 

 

• Fluids tend to remain in the area around the injection well.
  
  
• Volume carried to the contaminated sites is insufficient.
  
  
• Large fluid quantities tend to wash contaminants off-site.
  
  
• Oxygen available on-site is insufficient for microbiological activity.

• Creates a dynamic water flow which pulls the treatment fluids away from the injection wells.
  
  
• Treatment fluids are derived form the groundwater on-site, therefore an unlimited amount of fluid is available.
  
  
• Pumping of the extraction wells creates a capture zone which prevents contaminants from escaping the treatment area.