EISU Seminar Mission to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia

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EISU Seminar Mission to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia
Environmental Services The UK Perspective
Contaminated Land Remediation
By Tunde Ojo
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The Environmental Market
EISU Seminar Mission to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia

• Awareness on environmental issues.
• knowledge of impact of environmental
  pollution/contamination on human health.

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EISU Seminar Mission to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia

• The climate change debates
• Encourages governments policy
• The UK government legislation and tax incentives

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Government role in the UK
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• Legislation in place for tax incentives of up to
  150 percent (Finance Act 2001 Schedule 22 and
  Trolleys Property Taxes paras 8.87-8.99).

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The Economic Impact
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• The rapid growth of environmental protection
  policy.
• Enormous global market for environmental
  solutions.
• Worth over 525 billion per annum- 688 billion
  by 2010.

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EISU Seminar Mission to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia
Remediation Technologies

• Bioremediation Soil and Groundwater
• Soil/Vapour Extraction/Air Sparging
• Thermal Desorption
• Flocculation
• Soil washing
• Excavation

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Bioremediation

• Intentional use of biodegradation process to
  eliminate environmental pollutants in
  soil/groundwater.
• Technologies use the physiological potential of
  micro-organisms, convert contaminants into
  non-toxic by products.

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• The need for bioremediation- Focus
• Legal and regulatory implications - risk
  assessment framework.
• UK approach - Contaminated Land Regulations-
  Environmental Protection Act, 1990 (DEFRA 2000).

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EISU Seminar Mission to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia

• Three main methods of bioremediation
• Above-ground treatment of solids
• Above-ground treatment of liquids
• in situ treatment of solids, liquids and gases

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EISU Seminar Mission to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia

• Phases of bioremediation
• site characterization and assessment of
  feasibility
• Management of the remediation process and
• 3) Active remediation end-point.

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EISU Seminar Mission to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia

• Purpose
• Reduction of the risks.
• Restoration of the site.

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EISU Seminar Mission to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia

• Bioremediation Technologies include
• Biostimulation
• Addition- nutrients/electron acceptors oxygen,
  nitrate and sulphate.
• Bioaugmentation
• specially selected or genetically engineered
  strains of microbes are introduced into a site.
• Contaminants and site
• PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon),
  non-halogenated SVOCs (Solid volatile organic
  compounds) and BTEX Benzene, Toluene, Ethylene,
  xylene and heavy metals, such as arsenic and
  mercury .

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• Site type
• Superfund contaminated - wastes - wood
  preserving and petroleum refining and reuse.
• Former Manufactured Gas Sites.

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EISU Seminar Mission to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia

• Bioremediation Goal
• Degrades organic pollutants -concentrations
  undetectable/below - safe or acceptable by
  regulatory agencies.
• Uses
• Destruction of chemicals in soils, groundwater,
  wastewater, sludges, industrial-waste systems,
  and gases.

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La Tunnest Ltd Turning
dreams into realities..
EISU Seminar Mission to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia

• Our services
• Contaminated Land Investigation
• Contaminated Land Remediation
• Environmental Research and Development
• Specialist Environmental Consultancy
• Environmental Analysis
• Pollution Control/Management
• Environmental Awareness Service
• (Specialist lectures, seminars and workshops)
  

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Contact Information
EISU Seminar Mission to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia

• Address 34 Hancock Road, Upper Norwood,
• London SE19 3JW, United Kingdom
• Tel/Fax [phone]
• 44 (0)7905644730 (mobile)
• Emailinfo_at_latunnestinc.co.uk
• Web sitehttp//www.latunnestinc.co.uk
• Registered in England Wales 4423287