Environmental Remediation? Microbes to The Rescue!

While it’s often said that “any publicity is good publicity”, that doesn’t hold true when it comes to media reporting about microbes. These little guys typically get bad press in the media. However, while there are a variety of pathogenic microbes that can cause disease in human, animal and plant hosts, not all microbes are created equal – many are actually beneficial and useful to society and the environment. For example, there are useful microbes that include bacteria that live in symbiosis in the human gut that prevent colonization from pathogenic bacteria, as well as microbes employed in the biotechnology industry to produce insulin and food preservatives. Among the top contenders of useful and beneficial microbes are what are known as “environmentalist bacteria”, such as those used for oil spill cleanup in Alberta and other areas.
Bioremediation
Bioremediation is an environmentally-friendly way of using microbes to break down pollutants for applications such as soil remediation in Alberta. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are pollutants that can cause global health issues and environmental damage due to their mutagenic and toxic properties, and cause contamination of soil, air and aquatic environments. PAHs can be devastating to the environment and marine life, and to add to the environmental disruption, chemical dispersants are often used to break up oil in oil spills into manageable amounts for bioremediation. Using microbes for hydrocarbon remediation in Alberta eliminates the need for contributing more chemicals to the environment.
The Bioremediation Process
There are multiple environmental factors involved with the microbial degradation of PAHs during remediation in Edmonton, such as the nature of the pollutants, microbes used, oxygen availability and available nutrients. Incorporating oxygen into hydrocarbons allows the microbes to funnel carbon effectively into metabolic pathways increases their metabolic activity. During remediation in Saskatchewan that involves high salt water concentrations; halophilic bacteria are used to treat polluted seawater occurring from seawater oil spills. Oil-degrading bacteria produce bio surfactants and bio emulsifiers that reduce surface tension, dispersing hydrocarbons into smaller particles that microbes can then process.
Bioremediation: Environmental Green Cleaning, Naturally
While the media often associates bacteria with disease, bioremediation is a good example of how microbes can benefit humans, animals, plants and the environment by physically cleaning up after human errors. Other toxic pollutants and oil spill clean-up methods such as using boomers to scoop up oil, applying chemical dispersants or burning can cause even more environmental stress than the initial polluting event. Alternatively, bioremediation is an environmentally “green”, highly efficient cleanup method, as the bacteria employed aren’t known to cause harm to the marine habitat.
Despite prior remediation methods and attempts, many effects of previous oil spills are still evident today. For example, dolphins native to regions involved in spills continue to die more frequently, and many bird-nesting islands have been lost, due to the continued effects of oil poisoning. Barrier islands continue to deal with washed up oil previously buried under offshore sand. However, without the use of environmentally-friendly microbes and bioremediation, the consequences of oil spills may have been, and continue to be a lot worse – and we can thank bioremediation microbes for that.

Improving the World Naturally – Delta Remediation

Oil well sites, underground fuel tanks, bulk fuel stations…These are just a few of the types of industrial sites that can create soil contamination that will last for years. Many companies that work to remove these contaminates simply remove the soil and transport it to a landfill. The team at Delta Remediation believe that this is not the most effective or responsible method. With their bio remediation Saskatchewan landowners can naturally deal with contaminated soil. Delta works with established biologic and chemical processes to eliminate hydrocarbons from both soil and water. With this bio remediation BC landowners know that they are working with a company that uses cost effective methods that also work naturally with the earth. Over time, this results in improved soil and water conditions rather than simply deferring the situation for future generations. Effective and natural-that is Delta Remediation.

Delta Remediation Research and Development Department Continues to Develop New Products

Delta Remediation recently was awarded a federal grant for remediation research with Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. They continually research and develop products that help to clean the environment of oil and spills. Their research and products using Pseudomonas remediation or plant based bacteria has cleaned up many wetlands and natural habitats where hazardous spills have occurred. This will contribute to improve their treatment of contaminated sites and F Environmental services. Contact them to learn more about their remediation services at 780-962-7991.

Delta Remediation Is Green For A Reason

Taking Care of Our Environment

An old familiar advertising campaign that involves green issues carried the slogan, " Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - It's Up To You". That is the key point. It is up to all of us to make certain our world is here to sustain not only our generation but generations that come along in the future.

Hydrocarbon Remediation Alberta

Being efficient is something we take seriously. As opposed to just getting rid of the pollutants that have been put in our soil and water we use high powered technology to erradicate them effectively not just place them elsewhere. We consider our clientele a partner in the fight to keep the world safer. Working hand in hand is the only way to go forward.

Bio Remediation Saskatchewan
Let us know how we can partner with your corporation in our continued fight to keep the Earth green.

Bio Remediation in British Columbia and Alberta

Bio remediation is an amazing process that uses natural bacterial organisms for environmental restoration. When soil and water have become polluted by chlorinated solvents or other industrial pollutants, it can be very dangerous to the environment. Cleaning up the environment by traditional means can be very difficult.

That’s where bio remediation comes in. Delta Remediation leads Western Canada in chlorinated solvent remediation Alberta and British Columbia. Delta Remidiation use strains from the Pseudomonas genus of bacteria to aggressively target hydrocarbon pollutants, chlorinared solvents and other environmental waste. The bacteria breaks the pollutants down into carbon dioxide, water and other base elements.

If you have need for Bio Remediation BC or Alberta, Delta Remediation has the technology and the science to help you. Our methods are proven to work. Together, we can help achieve a better, safer Canada for all people.