Bio-compatibility Study

The best product in the world is useless if microbes cannot live and degrade the contaminant or if the application method is flawed.

What does all of this mean ? A bio-compatability study should be conducted prior to starting all new projects. This determines the viability of using microbes to degrade the contaminated material at the potential site. This test simply determines if the Oppenheimer Formula will thrive in a sample of the contamination.  This is particularly important in areas where there is little or no historical data and could possibly contain chemicals or something else that may inhibit biological activity.

A bio-compatibility analysis of soil and water samples predetermines the suitability of our microbes in the project site to be remediated . This is done routinely as part of the study.

The bottom line is that if our microbes cannot live in the material to be biotreated then microbes may not a good solution. It makes good sense that we test the a sample of the material to be sure that bioremediation is a viable option prior to starting any project.

Another service we offer is a biotreatability study we call the "Seven Day Test" which allows us to simulate field conditions and calculate the rate of degradation in order to get an accurate closure date on the project.

All of our analytical work is done by independent third party laboratories.