Lessons Learned from Bacterial Transport Experiments at the South Oyster Site

Journal Article · Tue Sep 27 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · Ground Water

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2011.00831.x· OSTI ID:1026605

Scheibe, Timothy D; Hubbard, Susan S; Onstott, Tullis C; Deflaun, Mary F

This paper provides a high-level review of bacterial transport experiments conducted by a multi-investigator, multi-institution, multi-disciplinary team of researchers under the auspices of the U. S. Department of Energy. The experiments considered were conducted during the time period 1999-2001 at a field site near the town of Oyster, Virginia known as the South Oyster Site, and included four major experimental campaigns aimed at understanding and quantifying bacterial transport in the subsurface environment. Several key elements of the research are discussed here: 1) Quantification of bacterial transport in physically and biogeochemically heterogeneous aquifers, 2) evaluation of the efficacy of conventional colloid filtration theory, 3) scale effects in bacterial transport, 4) development of new methods for microbial enumeration and screening for low adhesion strains, 5) application of novel hydrogeophysical techniques for aquifer characterization, and 6) experiences regarding management of a large field research effort.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1026605
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-76534; KP1301010
• Journal Information: Ground Water, Journal Name: Ground Water Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 49; ISSN GRWAAP; ISSN 0017-467X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ADHESION
AQUIFERS
BACTERIA
Bacterial transport
COLLOIDS
EVALUATION
FILTRATION
MANAGEMENT
STRAINS
TRANSPORT
bioaugmentation
field research
geomicrobiology
heterogeneity
hydrogeophysics
modeling