Casestudy 1

Examples of Bioremediation Description 18: U.S. Army Contracting Command Overseas Remediation.

An overseas U.S. Army Military Base. This base has been active since the Korean War. A Lieutenant with the Army Corps of Engineers contacted Alabaster Corp. about a bioremediation project he was conducting. For many years large volumes of military equipment had been utilized at the subject location. The location had many UST or underground fuel storage tanks as well as AST or above ground fuel storage tanks. The facility operates and maintains a large amount of equipment ranging from typical tractors, cranes, bulldozers, and other earth moving apparatus to heavy military items such as tanks and other combat designed vehicles. The concrete slab throughout most of the very large subject area was heavy and thick to withstand the tremendous weight of the equipment. Large amounts of hydrocarbons had accumulated around and underneath various large cemented areas as well as within soil or non-cemented areas.

Various Army Engineering experiments with bioremediation had showed only typical to minimal results. The current options being considered were destroying the concrete slab, excavating the contaminated earth and re-filling this with clean fill dirt before relaying the new concrete slab. This included several huge area around a large military base. The officers in charge were making a last attempt to keep this project within a budget. Many details must be left confidential.

Pollution: Hydrocarbons Accumulated From Years of Operation.

Large volumes of hydrocarbon contamination. Total TPH ranged from minimal detection levels to as high as well over 100,000 mg/kg. The concrete itself had a saturated amount of hydrocarbons accumulated within. The drinking water supply was effected. Ground water contamination had detectable amounts of BTEX components and other GRO or gasoline range organics. Many details must be left confidential.

Solution: Alabaster Corp. Bioremediation Products. Slab Injection, etc.

A very large volume of Alabaster Corp. Bioremediation products were supplied to the U.S. Army Contracting Command for this overseas base. These included products like our BCC#1 Concentrate (Sold as CS2 or Super Concentrate) and microbial blend AB with Booster.

Case Studies in Bioremediation Results: The Project was Successful.

The Army engineers involved were well acquainted with the process of bioremediation and utilizing the products. They were more than typically equipped and knowledgeable about various techniques involved with applying the products. They had several flexible and creative solutions to contracting dilemmas which would have made this project difficult and more expensive for most. Many details must be left confidential. However, we were verbally assured that they remediated “the substances” they intended. Over the next few months they tripled the original order.