Biodegradation of a mixture of chlorinated volatile organic compounds
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Geochemistry
- ERM-West, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA (United States)
A mixture of vinyl chloride, cis- and trans-1,2-dichloroethene (DCE), and 1,1-dichloroethane (DCA) was biodegraded at 20 C in static microcosms by a consortium of indigenous microorganisms from a Superfund site contaminated with a variety of halogenated compounds. Microcosms were set up with sand and groundwater from the site to model biodegradation under aquifer conditions and biodegradation with various amendments in batch cultures. Under aerobic conditions, vinyl chloride and cis- and trans-1,2-DCE biodegraded slowly, although there was no change in the concentration of 1,1-DCA. The biodegradation rates for all three chlorinated ethenes were greatly increased by enriching for methanotrophs in an aerobic environment, but this had little effect on the concentration of 1,1-DCA. DCA and the dichloroethene isomers decreased. The rate at which 1,1-DCA decreased from the VOC mixture correlated directly to the concentration of the chlorinated ethenes in that mixture. This relationship may be new in the literature and has important implications for the potential success for intrinsic bioremediation of sites contaminated with mixtures of chlorinated compounds.
- OSTI ID:
- 585794
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9705104-; TRN: IM9810%%35
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 12. Annual conference on hazardous waste remediation, Kansas City, MO (United States), 20-22 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 12. annual conference on hazardous waste research. Building partnerships for innovative technologies; Erickson, L.E.; Rankin, M.M.; Grant, S.C.; McDonald, J.P. [eds.]; PB: 586 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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