Environmental Biotechnology - Theory and Application

84 Environmental Biotechnology programmes and thirdly, to identify more pheromones to widen the number of phytophagous stink bug ...

Pollution and Pollution Control 85 substitutes. Biodegradable alternatives to traditional lubricating oils have existed for some ...

86 Environmental Biotechnology natural properties of the raw materials and the compression involved in their fabrication. In a n ...

Pollution and Pollution Control 87 Case Study 4.1 Microbial Pollution Control (Maine, USA) Pollution control often involves eith ...

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5 Contaminated Land and Bioremediation Contaminated land is another example of a widely appreciated, yet often poorly understood ...

90 Environmental Biotechnology of 360 000 hectares (900 000 acres) of land may be affected by contamination in one form or anoth ...

Contaminated Land and Bioremediation 91 compromise a company’s ability to channel sufficient funds to deal with others. The goal ...

92 Environmental Biotechnology recalcitrant chemicals is possible and toxic substances can be chemically converted to either mor ...

Contaminated Land and Bioremediation 93 on no more than where the treatment takes place – on the site or off it – but since the ...

94 Environmental Biotechnology Figure 5.1 Factors affecting technology suitability option. However, the middle ground between th ...

Contaminated Land and Bioremediation 95 composting, the promotion of biological activityin situwithin the root-zone, precipitati ...

96 Environmental Biotechnology rather than the geographical location of the work or the level of complexity of the technology us ...

Contaminated Land and Bioremediation 97 strong reason for its use. In the future, wider usage of extensive technologies may incr ...

98 Environmental Biotechnology Table 5.1 Potential for bioremediation of selected contaminants Readily possible Possible under c ...

Contaminated Land and Bioremediation 99 this tends to optimise enzyme activity. In much the same way, a pH of 6.5–7.5 would be s ...

100 Environmental Biotechnology Figure 5.3 Modification of effect by edaphic factors desk top and practical means, empirical dat ...

Contaminated Land and Bioremediation 101 The effectiveness of natural attenuation has been demonstrated by 20 years or more of r ...

102 Environmental Biotechnology Bioenhancement concentrates solely on the existing microfauna, stimulating their activity by the ...

Contaminated Land and Bioremediation 103 Figure 5.4 Biosparging effect, the process involves superaeration of the groundwater, t ...