Catalina BioSolutions’ Bioremediation Products

You may have heard these terms bandied around some, especially if you have a contaminated site and are thinking of bioremediation as a cheap and effective clean-up method.

Simply put, bioaugmentation means adding microbes that are grown off site, then added to the site. The nice thing about this approach is that you (we) can determine which microbial blends to use. For example, for petroleum spills, we like to use petroleum-degrading microbes; for manure lagoons, we use manure-degrading bacteria. Pretty simple!

Biostimulation utilizes existing bacteria (microbes) on the site, “indigenous bacteria,” if you will, and stimulating them with nutrients: the cheapest being cow manure, the best being our Biobooster. (It really is the best; in fact some customers that are stuck with another manufacturer’s product will use it to up the microbial plate count!)

Our system is to use both technologies. We like to add the known degrading bacteria, site specific, and at the same time, stimulate the existing bacteria; thus, generating enormous plate counts.

We can just offer to you our Biobooster if you — or the regulators — prefer biostimulation. Before you decide on that, though, you — or we — should determine if you have the proper indigenous microbes. That process takes about two weeks, and we will give you not only the total plate count but the percentage of the good degrading bacteria. There is a fee for that service, and you can call anytime to discuss.

Jerry Coon

520.299.9808