How can we remove toxic contaminants like TNT from groundwater? Jack Istok and Mandy Michalsen are using pioneering bioremediation and bioaugmentation methods developed here at Oregon State to restore the groundwater at the Umatilla Chemical Depot.

• Underground Story of Water in Oregon
• Umatilla Army Depot Superfund Site
• Groundwater Research Lab
• “Clean Water for a Thirsty Region”
• “Evaluation of Biostimulation and Bioaugmentation to Stimulate RDX Degradation in an Aerobic Groundwater Aquifer”
• “RDX Degradation in Bioaugmented Model Aquifer Columns under Aerobic and Low Oxygen Conditions”