Seven Day Test
Our in-house laboratory is outfitted to do a "Seven Day Test" or biotreatability study. The study is conducted prior to starting any new remediation project. It allows us to calculate the rate of degradation needed to get an accurate project closure date.
What does all of this mean? This test simply determines the degradation rate in a seven day time-frame. As a standard we test for total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) levels, before and after.
- Step 1. Prior to the start of the "Seven Day Test" a sample is sent to an independent third party laboratory for analysis.
- Step 2. The sample is treated with The Oppenheimer Formula.
- Step 3. After seven days a sample of the treated material is sent back to same independent third party laboratory for analysis.
What does the test do? It give clients a starting and ending point.
This test is done routinely along with the bio-compatibility study. The bio-compatibility study allows us to test the soil and water samples to predetermine the suitability of our microbes in the project site to be bioremediated.
It makes good sense that we test a sample of the material, to be sure that bioremediation is a viable option prior to starting a project. The bottom line is - that if our microbes cannot live in the material to be biotreated then microbes may not a good solution in this particular case.
"While doing my research, I found that single microbes by themselves were not very efficient, but that teams of microbes were far more efficient"
Dr Carl H. Oppenheimer, Jr.
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