Oxygenates biodegradability

In situations where conserved internal markers caimot be used, such as in spills of essentially pure compounds, the evidence for enhanced biodegradation may have to be more indirect. Oxygen consumption, increases in microbial activity or population, and carbon dioxide evolution have all been used with success. 

Ozone caimot be employed for the disinfection of distributed water because of its short lifetime. Unless removed from the treatment plant, the presence of low molecular weight, oxygenated, and biodegradable organics that ozone produces can promote biological growth. 

R. N. Miller, "A Field-Scale Investigation of Enhanced Petroleum Hydrocarbon Biodegradation ia the Vadose Zone Combining Soil Venting as an Oxygen Source with Moisture and Nutrient Addition," doctoral dissertation submitted to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department,... 

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