Groundwater Bioremediation Research Gets Funded

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Groundwater Bioremediation Research Gets Funded

National Ground Water Research & Educational Foundation Has Awarded a Grant to Daqian Jiang, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota, for a Research Project on the Bioremediation of Groundwater

Jiang will receive $8,000 for his project, "Electrochemically Enhanced Bioremediation for Attenuation of Arsenic, Nitrate, and Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater," which addresses a key priority area of NGWREF — the research of emerging contaminants and the development of remediation technologies that can be used to address current and new pollutants.

Further, the project integrates well with NGWREF's mission to address public concerns about groundwater quality through "providing research that can result in sound, reliable science and innovative, effective, cost-saving technologies for improved use, management, protection, and remediation of groundwater resources."

Jiang's proposed research aims to (1) develop a "drop-and-treat" alternative for enhanced remediation of arsenic, nitrate, and emerging contaminants in groundwater, and (2) produce a prototype device that is an innovative solution to some long-standing and emerging challenges in groundwater remediation.

It is also among the first research to investigate the mechanisms of electro-biochemical remediation of arsenic, nitrate, and emerging contaminants with advanced molecular techniques, which will collect critical information needed to assess the scale-up potential of electrically enhanced bioremediation.

Source: NGWA

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