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Houston Geological Society Bulletin
Abstract
Abstract: Bioremediation Processes for Ground 
Water
Cleanup
Water CleanupBy
Most of the ground water associated with
hazardous waste sites is contaminated.
The National Research Council recently
concluded
in its report, Alternatives for
Ground Water Cleanup, that the best
available technology is inadequate for
remediation of most contaminated aquifers.
The critical shortage of proven
cleanup technologies can be traced
directly to:
- lack of marketplace incentives to spur development of more effective technology
- inadequate federal funding for subsurface research
- a demonstrable gap or disconnect between research and the demonstration and commercialization of new environmental remediation technologies.
Lack of marketplace incentives and federal
research support will continue to be
serious problems for the foreseeable future;
however, several new initiatives for
quantitative demonstrations of innovative
technology are expected to yield some
short-term benefits. The current status of
bioremediation technologies for ground
water
cleanup will be reviewed to provide
a basis for forecasting needs for future
development.
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