Abstract: | After achieving remediation goals during only thirty-two months of operation, the first full-scale in-situ bioremediation (ISB) system in the state of Missouri was shut down in 1990. In addition to ISB, the system included a combination of soil venting and air stripping to remediate subsurface gasoline contamination at a large manufacturing facility. More than 84,000 pounds of gasoline were degraded or removed from the fractured limestone bedrock aquifer and overburden materials. The successful application of ISB in this complex geologic environment and the fact that this was the first such system to complete remediation in Missouri make this system unique. |