Bioremediation treatability studies for soils containing herbicides, chemicals and petroleum products
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-Many years of explosives manufacturing have contaminated significant quantities of soil at US Army ammunition plants and depots. Public health concerns have helped make composting, a biotreatment process, the Army's technology of choice for treating explosives-contaminated soil.Many years of explosives manufacturing have contaminated significant quantities of soil at US Army ammunition plants and depots. Public health concerns have helped make composting, a biotreatment process, the Army's technology of choice for treating explosives-contaminated soil. Projects are in progress at four installations and two more have been completed in the last year and a half. Composting achieves TNT reduction of up to 99.9% at Army installations and has saved millions of dollars over the cost of incineration, which can be twice as expensive.
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Title: Military wins with bioremediation through composting
Author: Dave Block
Publication: BioCycle (Feature)
Date: March 31, 2001
Publisher: J.G. Press Inc.
Volume: 42 Issue: 3 Page: 53-54
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