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Are you interested in learning a bit more about phytoremediation and how it can provide a cost-effective, sustainable, nature-based remedial alternative for your sites? Check out this informative webinar to learn how an engineered phytoremediation system can be designed to address complex and challenging sites.
Traditional phyto has its limits.
Conventional or non-engineered approaches treat shallow, impacted soil and groundwater and are appropriate for low-contaminant concentrations or low-level phytotoxicity. Problems with restricted root development and annual rainfall hinder broad implementation of such traditional systems.
We have solutions.
Our innovative systems expand the applicability and efficacy of phytoremediation. By engineering the growth of roots and managing the water that gets to them, we are able to utilize trees to reliably reach groundwater at depths exceeding 100 feet and direct root growth and water consumption to a target horizon in the aquifer of interest, while excluding water from other sources.
We are experts in the use of plants to remediate contaminants in groundwater and soil as well as the hydraulic control of plume geometry and contaminant migration.
Successfully Treated Contaminants
• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) • Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs) including 1,4-dioxane • Pesticides • Agricultural inorganics such as nitrate & ammonium • Tritium • Solubilized metals: lead, arsenic, boron, zinc, cadmium
• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) • Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs) including 1,4-dioxane • Pesticides • Agricultural inorganics such as nitrate & ammonium • Tritium • Solubilized metals: lead, arsenic, boron, zinc, cadmium
Applied Natural Sciences is currently working on multiple pilot-scale projects for the remediation of PFAS-impacted groundwater.