Bioremediation has emerged in recent years as one of the preferred alternatives for remediating chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons found in the shallow terrestrial subsurface. Approaches used for bioremediation include intrinsic bioremediation (a component of monitored natural attenuation or MNA), biostimulation (usually via carbon substrate addition), and bioaugmentation. In addition, biologically mediated abiotic degradation has emerged as a viable remediation approach in recent years. Because the efficacy of each of these approaches is highly dependent on site conditions including types of contaminants, hydrogeology, geochemistry, and biology, it can be difficult to accurately determine the best approach for a given site. To compound this problem, there are numerous vendors who are pushing their “unique” products, regardless of whether they represent the most efficacious approach for remediating site contaminants. Click here for more information and to register for this course.