Chromate fate and effect in bioelectrochemical systems for remediation of chlorinated solvents.

New Biotechnology
Agnese LaiMauro Majone

Abstract

A continuous-flow bioelectrochemical reactor was developed in a previous study to address the bioremediation of groundwater contaminated by trichloroethene (TCE). The present report investigated the applicability of the same system in the presence of Cr(VI) and its possible inhibitory effect on dehalorespiring bacterial populations. Preliminary batch tests were performed at the optimal cathodic reducing potential for the reductive dechlorination (RD) of TCE (-0.65 V vs. the standard hydrogen electrode) with two different dechlorinating microorganism consortia. The results demonstrated that Cr(VI) removal efficacy was increased by microorganisms that had been previously acclimatised to Cr(VI). Specifically, Cr(VI) was completely reduced only in the presence of acclimated microorganisms. The presence of chromate negatively affected RD performance, by either (i) limiting the TCE transformation to cis-dichloroethene at lower concentrations, or (ii) completely inhibiting RD at higher concentrations. In contrast, after the acclimation period, RD was extended down to vinyl chloride, which is the main TCE daughter product. Finally, the continuous flow reactor was fed by synthetic groundwater contaminated with TCE (50 μM) and Cr(VI) (45...Continue Reading

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