pH control for enhanced reductive bioremediation of chlorinated solvent source zones

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4560-4573

  Robinson, Clare ^a,b   Barry, D A ^a   McCarty, Perry L ^c   Gerhard, Jason I ^b,d   Kouznetsova, Irina ^d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Bicarbonate; Dechlorination; DNAPL; Electron donor; PHREEQC; Reductive dehalogenation; Trichloroethene

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; DNAPL; ELECTRON DONOR; PHREEQC; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION; TRICHLOROETHENE;

ALKALINITY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON OXIDES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION; SOILS; SOLVENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

DECHLORINATION;

BICARBONATE; GROUND WATER; SOLVENT;

ALKALINITY; BICARBONATE; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; PH; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67349154148     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.03.029     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Adamson D.A., Lyon D.Y., and Hughes J.B. Flux and product distribution during biological treatment of tetrachloroethene dense non-aqueous-phase liquid. Environ Sci Technol 38 (2004) 2021-2028
2. AFCEE. Principles and Practices of Enhanced Anaerobic Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvents (2004), US Department of Defense, Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), Washington, DC
3. Amos R.T., and Mayer K.U. Investigating the role of gas bubble formation and entrapment in contaminated aquifers: Reactive transport modelling. J Contam Hydrol 87 (2006) 123-154
4. Amos B., Christ J., Abriola L., Pennell K.D., and Loffler F.E. Experimental evaluation and mathematical modeling of microbially enhanced tetrachloroethene (PCE) dissolution. Environ Sci Technol 41 (2007) 963-970
5. Amos B.K., Suchomel E.J., Pennell K.D., and Loffler F.E. Microbial activity and distribution during enhanced contaminant dissolution from a NAPL source zone. Water Res 42 (2008) 2963-2974
6. Appelo C.A.J., and Postma D. Geochemistry, Groundwater and Pollution. 2nd ed. (2005), A. A. Balkema Publishers, Amsterdam
7. Aulenta F., Gossett J.M., Papini M.P., Rossetti S., and Majone M. Comparative study of methanol, butyrate, and hydrogen as electron donors for long-term dechlorination of tetrachloroethene in mixed anaerobic cultures. Biotechnol Bioeng 91 (2005) 743-753
8. Aulenta F., Majone M., and Tandoi V. Enhanced anaerobic bioremediation of chlorinated solvents: Environmental factors influencing microbial activity and their relevance under field conditions. J Chem Technol Biotechnol 81 (2006) 1463-1474
9. Aulenta F., Pera A., Rossetti S., Papini M.P., and Majone M. Relevance of side reactions in anaerobic reductive dechlorination microcosms amended with different electron donors. Water Res 41 (2007) 27-38
10. Carr C.S., and Hughes J.B. Enrichment of high-rate PCE dechlorination and comparative study of lactate, methanol, and hydrogen as electron donors to sustain activity. Environ Sci Technol 32 (1998) 1817-1824
11. Christ J.A., Ramsburg C.A., Abriola L.M., Pennell K.D., and Loffler F.E. Coupling aggressive mass removal with microbial reductive dechlorination for remediation of DNAPL source zones: A review and assessment. Environ Health Perspect 113 (2005) 465-477
12. Chu M., Kitanidis P.K., and McCarty P.L. Possible factors controlling the effectiveness of bioenhanced dissolution of non-aqueous phase tetrachloroethene. Adv Water Resour 27 (2004) 601-615
13. Cirpka O.A., Windfuhr C., Bisch G., Granzow S., Scholz-Muramatsu H., and Kobus H. Microbial reductive dechlorination in large-scale sandbox model. J Environ Eng 125 (1999) 861-870
14. Cope N., and Hughes J.B. Biologically-enhanced removal of PCE from NAPL source zones. Environ Sci Technol 35 (2001) 2014-2021
15. Curtis G.P. Comparison of approaches for simulating reactive solute transport involving organic degradation reactions by multiple terminal electron acceptors. Comput Geosci 29 (2003) 319-329
16. Da Silva M.L., Daprato R.C., Gomez D.E., Hughes J.B., Ward C.H., and Alvarez P.J. Comparison of bioaugmentation and biostimulation for the enhancement of dense nonaqueous phase liquid source zone bioremediation. Water Environ Res 78 (2006) 2456-2465
17. Dolfing J., and Tiedje J.M. Acetate as a source of reducing equivalents in the reductive dechlorination of 2,5-dichlorobenzoate. Arch Microbiol 156 (1991) 356-361
18. Dolfing J., and Janssen D.B. Estimates of Gibbes free energies of formation of chlorinated aliphatic compounds. Biodegradation 5 (1994) 21-28
19. Ellis D.E., Lutz E.J., Odom J.M., Buchanan R.J., Bartlett C.L., Lee M.D., et al. Bioaugmentation for accelerated in situ anaerobic bioremediation. Environ Sci Technol 34 (2000) 2254-2260
20. Fennell D.E., Gossett J.M., and Zinder S.H. Comparison of butyric acid, ethanol, lactic acid, and propionic acid as hydrogen donors for the reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene. Environ Sci Technol 31 (1997) 918-926
21. He J., Sung Y., Dollhope M.E., Fathepure B.Z., Tiedje J.M., and Loffler F.E. Acetate versus hydrogen as direct electron honors to stimulate the microbial reductive dechlorination process at chloroethene-contaminated sites. Environ Sci Technol 36 (2002) 3945-3952
22. Heimann A.C., Friis A.K., and Jakobsen R. Effects of sulfate on anaerobic chloroethene degradation by an enriched culture under transient and steady-state hydrogen supply. Water Res 39 (2005) 3579-3586
23. Hoelen T.P., and Reinhard M. Complete biological dehalogenation of chlorinated ethylenes in sulfate containing groundwater. Biodegradation 15 (2004) 395-403
24. Jakobsen R., and Postma D. Redox zoning, rates of sulphate reduction and interactions with Fe-reduction and methanogenesis in a shallow sandy aquifer, Romo, Denmark. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 63 (1999) 137-151
25. Krumholz L.R., Sharp R., and Fishbain S.S. A freshwater anaerobe coupling acetate oxidation to tetrachloroethylene dehalogenation. Appl Environ Microbiol 62 (1996) 4108-4113
26. Lee I.S., Bae J.H., and McCarty P.L. Comparison between acetate and hydrogen as electron donors and implications for the reductive dehalogenation of PCE and TCE. J Contam Hydrol 94 (2007) 76-85
27. Loffler F.E., and Edwards E.A. Harnessing microbial activities for environmental cleanup. Curr Opin Biotechnol 17 (2006) 274-284
28. Loffler F.E., Tiedje J.M., and Sanford R.A. Fraction of electrons consumed in electron acceptor reduction and hydrogen thresholds as indicators of halorespiratory physiology. Appl Environ Microbiol 65 (1999) 4049-4056
29. Loffler F.E., Sun Q., Li J., and Tiedje J.M. 16S rRNA gene-based detection of tetrachloroethene-dechlorinating Desulfuromonas and Dehalococcoides species. Appl Environ Microbiol 66 (2000) 1369-1374
30. Long C.M., and Borden R.C. Enhanced reductive dechlorination in columns treated with edible oil emulsion. J Contam Hydrol 87 (2006) 54-72
31. Major D.W., McMaster M.L., Cox E.E., Edwards E.A., Dworatzek S.M., Hendrickson E.R., et al. Field demonstration of successful bioaugmentation to achieve dechlorination of tetrachloroethene to ethene. Environ Sci Technol 36 (2002) 5106-5116
32. Maurer M., and Rittmann B.E. Modeling intrinsic bioremediation for interpret observable biogeochemical footprints of BTEX biodegradation: The need for fermentation and abiotic chemical processes. Biodegradation 15 (2004) 405-417
33. McCarty P.L. Breathing with chlorinated solvents. Science 276 (1997) 1521-1522
34. McCarty P.L., Chu M.Y., and Kitanidis P.K. Electron donor and pH relationships for biologically enhanced dissolution of chlorinated solvent DNAPL in groundwater. Eur J Soil Sci 43 (2007) 276-282
35. Middeldorp P.J.M., Luijten M.L.G.C., van de Pas B.A., van Eekert M.H.A., Kengen S.W.M., Schraa G., et al. Anaerobic microbial reductive dehalogenation of chlorinated ethenes. Bioremediat J 3 (1999) 151-169
36. National Research Council. Contaminants in the subsurface: source zone assessment and remediation (2004) The National Academies Press, Washington, DC
37. Neumann A., Scholz-Muramatsu H., and Diekert G. Tetrachloroethene metabolism of Dehalospirillum multivorans. Arch Microbiol 162 (1994) 295-301
38. Parkhurst D.L., and Appelo C.A.J. User's guide to PHREEQC (Version 2) - a computer program for speciation, batch-reaction, one-dimensional transport, and inverse geochemical calculations. Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4259 (1999), US Geological Survey, Denver, CO
39. Payne F.C., Suthersan S.S., Nelson D.K., Suarez G., Tasker I., and Akladiss N. Enhanced reductive dechlorination of PCE in unconsolidated soils. Remediation 17 (2006) 5-21
40. Rickard D. Kinetics of FeS precipitation: Part 1. Competing reaction mechanism. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 59 (1995) 4367-4379
41. Rivett M., Shepherd K., Keeys L., and Brennan A. Chlorinated solvents in the Birmingham aquifer, UK: 1986-2001. Q J Eng Geol Hydrogeol 38 (2005) 337-350
42. Roden E.E. Geochemical and microbiological controls on dissimilatory iron reduction. C R Geosci 338 (2006) 456-467
43. Schumacher W., and Holliger C. The proton/electron ration of the menaquinone-dependent electron transport from dihydrogen to tetrachloroethene in "Dehalobacter restrictus". J Bacteriol 178 (1996) 2328-2333
44. Sharma P.K., and McCarty P.L. Isolation and characterization of a facultatively aerobic bacterium that reductively dehalogenates tetrachloroethene to cis-1,2-dichloroethene. Appl Environ Microbiol 62 (1996) 761-765
45. Singh H., and Bajwa M.S. Comparison of different models for describing gypsum dissolution kinetics in different aqueous salt solutions. Aust J Soil Res 28 (1990) 947-953
46. Sung Y., Ritalahti K.M., Sanford R.A., and Urbance J.W. Characterization of two tetrachloroethene-reducing, acetate-oxidizing anaerobic bacteria and their description as Desulfuromonas michiganensis sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 69 (2003) 2964-2974
47. Yang Y., and McCarty P.L. Biologically enhanced dissolution of tetrachloroethene DNAPL. Environ Sci Technol 34 (2000) 2979-2989
48. Yang Y., and McCarty P.L. Comparison between donor substrates for biologically enhanced tetrachloroethene DNAPL dissolution. Environ Sci Technol 36 (2002) 3400-3404