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Method and system for enhancing microbial motility

Description: A method and system for enhancing the motility of microorganisms by placing an effective amount of chlorinated hydrocarbons, preferably chlorinated alkenes, and most preferably trichloroethylene in spaced relation to the microbes so that the surprisingly strong, monomodal, chemotactic response of the chlorinated hydrocarbon on subsurface microbes can draw the microbes away from or towards and into a substance, as desired. In remediation of groundwater pollution, for example, TCE can be injected… more
Date: December 31, 1992
Creator: Hazen, T. C. & Lopez-De-Victoria, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bioremediation of contaminated groundwater

Description: The present invention relates to a method for in situ bioremediation of contaminated soil and groundwater. In particular, the invention relates to remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater by the injection of nutrients to stimulate growth of pollutant-degrading microorganisms. The United States Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. DE-AC09-89SR18035 between the US Department of Energy and Westinghouse Savannah River Company.
Date: December 31, 1992
Creator: Hazen, T. C. & Fliermans, C. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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In-situ remediation system for groundwater and soils

Description: The present invention relates to a system for in-situ remediation of contaminated groundwater and soil. In particular the present invention relates to stabilizing toxic metals in groundwater and soil. The United States Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. DE-AC09-89SR18035 between the US Department of Energy and Westinghouse Savannah River Company.
Date: January 1, 1991
Creator: Corey, J. C.; Kaback, D. S. & Looney, B. B.
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Use of serospecific biocarrier compositions for enhanced biodegradation and bioremediation of groundwater

Description: A composition and method for using the composition for degrading pollutants in-situ is presented. The composition comprises a biocarrier coated with an antigen-specific antibody that attracts and binds pollution-degrading antigens. The biocarrier, which is preferably in the form of glass microspheres, is coated with one or more strains of antibody. The antibody may be placed into the ground in or near the source of pollutants where it may attract antigens present and bind them, or the antibodie… more
Date: January 1, 1995
Creator: Fliermans, Carl B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Purge water management system

Description: A purge water management system is described for effectively eliminating the production of purge water when obtaining a groundwater sample from a monitoring well. In its preferred embodiment, the purge water management system comprises an expandable container, a transportation system, and a return system. The purge water management system is connected to a wellhead sampling configuration, typically permanently installed at the well site. A pump, positioned with the monitoring well, pumps ground… more
Date: January 1995
Creator: Cardoso-Neto, J. E. & Williams, D. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Biocarrier Composition for and Method of Degrading Pollutants

Description: The present invention relates to biocarrier compositions that attract and bond pollutant-degrading antigens that will degrade the pollutants. Biocarriers are known generally as a variety of inert or semi-inert compounds or structures having the ability to sequester (attract), hold and biomagnify (enhance) specific microorganisms within their structure. Glass or polystyrene beads are the most well known biocarriers. The biocarrier, which is preferably in the form of glass microspheres, is coated… more
Date: January 1, 1994
Creator: Fliermans, Carl B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A suction lysimeter and a geophysical access port

Description: A sampling apparatus is described for monitoring vadose zones, geologic media or buried waste in sediment and more particularly to such an apparatus which is operable as an access port for geophysical logging and collecting fluid samples to permit analysis of such fluid samples for the presence of toxic substances, having a pipe-like, stainless steel, longitudinally extending, access tube with two ends, where the first end extends above the surface of the sediment and has a removable air tight … more
Date: December 31, 1995
Creator: Hubbell, J.M. & Sisson, J.B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Method for separating constituents from solution employing a recyclable Lewis acid metal-hydroxy gel

Description: This invention permits radionuclides, heavy metals, and organics to be extracted from solution by scavenging them with an amorphous gel. In the preferred embodiment, a contaminated solution (e.g. from soil washing, decontamination, or groundwater pumping) is transferred to a reaction vessel. The contaminated solution is contacted by the sequestering reagent which might contain for example, aluminate and EDTA anions in a 2.5 M NaOH solution. The pH of the reagent bearing solution is lowered on c… more
Date: December 31, 1995
Creator: Alexander, D. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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In-situ method to remove iron and other metals from Solution in Groundwater down Gradient from Permeable Reactive Barrier

Description: This invention is directed to a process for treating the flow of anaerobic groundwater through an aquifer with a primary treatment media, preferably iron, and then passing the treated groundwater through a second porous media though which an oxygenated gas is passed in order to oxygenate the dissolved primary treatment material and convert it into an insoluble material thereby removing the dissolved primary treatment material from the groundwater.
Date: September 22, 1999
Creator: Carpenter, Clay E. & Morrison, Stanley J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hydraulic pump with in-ground filtration and monitoring capability

Description: A hydraulically operated pump is described for in-ground filtering and monitoring of wells or other fluid sources, including a hollow cylindrical pump housing with an inlet and an outlet, filtering devices positioned in the inlet and the outlet, a piston that fits slidably within the pump housing, and an optical cell in fluid communication with the pump housing. A conduit within the piston allows fluid communication between the exterior and one end of the piston. A pair of O-rings form a seal b… more
Date: January 1, 1995
Creator: Hopkins, Charles D.; Livingston, Ronald R. & Toole, William R., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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