WELCOME TO MIKEL CHEVY MELROY ENGINEERING
Contaminated sites around the world are impacted by hydrocarbons and other organic chemicals. The traditional approach to re-mediating such sites has been to dig up the contamination and move it to a landfill. This approach is both a waste of money and resources.
Mikel Chevy Melroy, owner of the company uses bio-remediation to help in the clean-up of contaminated sites. Bio-remediation is a technology that uses naturally occurring microorganisms to degrade hazardous organic substances into non-toxic compounds such as carbon dioxide and water.
Our bio remediation process is proven. Combined, our environmental specialists have cleaned up over 100 sites utilizing our bioremediation technology. From highly engineered in-situ groundwater treatment systems to ex-sit biopiles and from BTEX to PCBs we have been successful at all levels.
Our biggest competitive advantage is the large amount of soil we are able to treat in a timely and cost effective manner. For instance, it is not uncommon to treat over 2,500 tonnes per day on a customer’s site. This allows for faster clean-up times and reduced on-site costs. Our costs are generally 40 – 70% less expensive than landfilling.
Our process involves shipping a biocatalyst inoculation formula in liquid form to the site where it is then applied to the contaminated soil. The biocatalyst contains a mixture of highly concentrated, hydrocarbon-degarding bacteria, enzymes and the nutrients required to support bacterial metabolism. Contaminants and soil conditions determine the remediation approach.
The secret to our success is in using very large amounts of the right types of bacteria. It is generally accepted that in order to achieve accelerated degradation of organic compounds there must be at least 1,000,000 hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria present per gram of contaminant. We can easily achieve this ideal ratio on large projects due to the large amounts of inoculation biocatalyst used.
Using ex-situ methods, remediation of contaminated soil generally takes from 60 - 120 days. Using in-situ methods the remediation time frame can vary from three months to over a year depending on contaminants and hydrogeological conditions.
