About The Workshops
"The problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking
with which we created them." - Albert Einstein
The Advanced Tools for In-Situ Green Remediation Workshop is an 8 hour intensive, interactive workshop with key experts from academia, government, and industry. This course is charting the sea change facilitated by a new set of tools to support in-situ Green remediation. These approaches depend on a new set of advanced tools that provide definitive data in designing and monitoring progress at groundwater contamination sites.
Course Objective
To help participants develop an in-depth understanding of the proper selection and implementation of state of the art tools and strategies for the assessment and documentation of in-situ degradation processes.
Course Goals:
- To provide an overview of the fundamentals of the in-situ degradation of fuel oxygenates and chlorinated solvents.
- To provide in-depth knowledge of the theory and application of compound specific stable isotope analysis, biomarker analysis and the use of Bio-Trap samplers as an alternative to laboratory microcosms and pilot studies.
- To provide a cutting edge understanding of a new set of advanced tools that provide definitive data in designing and monitoring progress of in-situ Green remediation.
- To expose participants to the latest information on contaminant degraders, degradation pathways, and process assessment and quantification techniques.
- Analyze relevant case studies and consider options and opportunities
In-situ degradation of organic contaminants including fuel oxygenates like methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and chlorinated ethanes and ethenes are important processes to consider when attempting to manage or analyze their environmental fate. Natural or enhanced degradation of such contaminants is increasingly the basis for in-situ management and/or remediation of environmental contamination. Any environmental professional who evaluates environmental data, designs environmental remedial projects or reviews their results, where in-situ degradation is a significant component, should attend this workshop. Those who do attend will gain a cutting edge understanding of the application and optimization of the state of the art tools and methods that exist to document and quantify role of in-situ degradation.
