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Bioremediation of tributyltin contaminated sediment : degradation enhancement and improvement of bioavailability to promote treatment processes

This paper builds on our previous demonstration that biotic degradation of tributyltin (TBT) contaminants from water and sedimentis enhanced when optimum nutrients/growth factors are provided. This is the first publication to demonstrate enhanced TBT biodegradation through improved bioavailability. The work resulted in a Strathclyde Links funded project, with Scottish SME Greensolutions (Robert Quigley r.quigley@ecomeshsystems.biz) and British Waterways (Olivia Lassiere Olivia.lassiere@britishwaterways.co.uk) to upscale to a field pilot site, to demonstrate enhanced TBT bioremediation with a view to in-situ remediation rather than the dig and dump approach, providing an environmentally friendly and cost effective method to treat contaminated sediments

(www.strath.ac.uk/media/ps/rkes/strathclydelinks/casestudies/Casestudytemplate_Greensolutions3.pdf).