For the process to be effective, then it’s vital to know which bacterial species (or bioremediating agent) to use at your site — and if bioremediation will work at all.
To achieve that, you need unambiguous testing results. These will let you know how your site will react to different bioremediation agents.
At Novorem, we can test the response of your contaminated groundwater and soil samples to different stimuli — before you make any decisions and commit to on-site injections for in situ bioremediation.
Essentially, Bench Testing is an analysis of your contaminated samples.
Testing determines if the naturally-occurring microbes in your sample are able to catalyse reactions that are helping or hindering the process of bioremediation.
You can gain insight into whether a desired biological activity (such as hydrocarbon degradation) is naturally occurring, or if there is something present that’s inhibitory to a desired biological activity.
We can test:
The addition of electron donors, acceptors or nutrients to your sample, and if it will result in a drop in harmful contaminants — a biostimulation test.
The effectiveness of commercially available hydrocarbon degrading cultures and chlorinated solvent respiring cultures that have been taken from a solvent contaminated site — a bioaugmentation test.
The results of different amendments when applied to a contaminated sample — a comparison test.