SAME Environmental COI Webinar: Bio-Electro-Chemical Tools and Their Sustainability in Contaminants Remediation
This presentation will introduce a novel bio-electro-chemical (BEC) technique that can address the challenge of effective and sustainable cleanup of contaminants in tight geological formations such as clay and silts. BEC leverages the interactions of microbes and electron transfer, and the electrochemical reactions in such processes, to achieve degradation of a variety of contaminants, such as petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, and PFAS. The BEC system produces zero to minimum carbon footprint and eliminates rebound by enhancing mass desorption during the degradation.
This presentation will cover the use of micron-scale carbon suspension injections to overcome low-level hydrocarbons at three sites. Located in environmentally sensitive, limited-access areas, the projects focused on reducing concentrations below NCGWQ standards. Lessons learned in three distinct environments used to modify treatment in real time will be discussed.
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As part of the Geology, Hydrogeology and HTRW Section she works alongside a team of Geologists, Chemists, Physical Scientists and Drill Crews executing environmental and geotechnical drilling projects throughout the country. Notable projects include overwater drilling for the expansion of Savannah and Jacksonville Harbors, Remedial Investigations at multiple FUDS sites, subsurface investigations of numerous embankment dams and levees throughout the country.
Ms. Tapley has served in the field of Geology for nearly 20 years and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Georgia Southern University (2004).
