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CONGRESO ACADÉMICO
Conferencista: Valentine Nzengung
Título: Green and Sustainable
Remediation of Oil Spills in Sensitive
Amazon Ecosystem
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Green and Sustainable Remediation
Spills in Sensitive Amazon Ecos
Presented at
Cumbre Internacional de Medio Ambient
Capitulo Ecuador 2011. Guayaquil, Ec
By
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PLANTECO’s Green Technolo
PLANTECO Uses Green Plants, NaturalOccurring Bacteria and AgriculturalWaste products to Cleanup Soils,
Sediment and Water.
PLANT Based Remediation use energyfrom the sun = Phytoremediation
Technologies Tree plantations
Constructed Wetlands, includingfloating wetlands
Riparian Buffers along streams,rivers and coastline Phytoremed
G
Environm
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Phytoremediation of Soil and W When eve
fails, natu
provides t
Plants and
working t
toxic chem
air, water
Scientists
successfulto cost-eff
contamina
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Phytoremediation technology installed by PLA
cleanup an Oil Spill and protect drinking
Professor Nzengung inspecting the Phytoremediation sys
pipeline spill
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Low-Cost Passive Treatment of Surfac
Applications: Eastuaries, Lakes, PondLargest application (15 acres) at Grand Lake St. Mar
Anchored Floating Constructed Treatment W
Solar panel
SolarPowered
Compressor
Anchor Pad
GFlotation Pontoonfor Floating Support Structure
Native Wetland Plants
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Constructed Wetlands and Floating W
Low-Cost and Sustainable
Engineered green vegetation
systems for clean-up of lakes,
ponds, industrial andagricultural wastewater, and
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PLANTECO’s Green Technolo
PLANTECO Uses Green Plants, NaturalOccurring Bacteria and AgriculturalWaste products to Cleanup Soils,
Sediment and Water.
Bioremediation - Bacteria BasedRemediation
Enhance the work of natural bacteriaby providing suitable nutrients
Nutrients - Agricultural waste mushroom compost
f l
Transportation of Bac
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PRP®: Hydrocarbon Spill Response
Patented — all natural product
(virtually 100% beeswax)
Promotes biodegradation utilizing“native” microbial populations
Hydrophobic/oleophilic
Lowers/minimizes volatilization 100% biodegradable
Non-toxic
NASA spin-off technology
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United Arab Emirates (UAEUse of PRP Bioremediation Product to Cleanu
Petroleum Spill at Beach
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PRP Powder Applied to Oil at Wate
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Storm Drain Entrance Before and
Treatment with PRP®
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Benefits of Green and Sustaina
Environmental Remediatio Natural bacteria degrade oil without
damaging the habitat
Agricultural products bind and enhancebacteria degradation of oil and promote
re-establishment of vegetation
Riparian buffers consisting of trees,
shrubs and grasses protect oil spills fromreaching valuable water resources.
Also useful as
Shoreline protection Nutrient and sediment filtration
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Sources of Petroleum Contamination in
Spills from abandoned wells
Spills from leaking pipelines
Oil mud from exploration
Abandoned equipment
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Challenges to cleaning up oil spisensitive and fragile forested eco
• Sensitive habitat
Pristine water resources
and aquatic life
Rich assortment of
vegetation
Rich assortment of animals
• Access
• Weather
• Pests
• Accommodation
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Ecosystems/VegetationVery Sensitive Ecosystems requiring gre
Aquatic Ecosystems
Várzeas
igapós Terrestrial ecosystems
Flora and Vegetation
pioneer formations
dense and open tropical
rainforest
steppe - savannah and
secondary vegetation
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Tzapino
Uchococha
ToñampariQuih
Tihuano
R . Z A P I N O
R . T I G U E N O
R. ZAPINO
Healthy Forest ecosystem and
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Rich Amazon Biodiversity
Largest Biodiversity Reserve on Earth
More Than Half of all Life Species
Fauna
1.400 fishes
520 amphibians
550 reptiles
1.000 birds
300 mammals
All Species Are Affected By Spilled Oil
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On-Site Bioremediation of Oil SpilAmazon
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Most of Trees left in place dur
bioremediation
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Use of Natural Bacteria to Recover
Mud in Swamp
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Scientists and Engineers Take So
Water Samples to Monitor that the is Successful
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Evidence that the Bioremediation
Successful
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Natural Vegetation Re-establishe
Successful Bioremediation
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Conclusions
Proven Green and sustainable
remediation (GSR)
technologies are available to
cleanup the Amazon and other
petroleum waste sites
GSR technologies address the
problem without creating other
environmental problems GSR technologies are cost-
effective solutions
GSR technologies offer the
best solutions that protect ourrich and sensitive habitats
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Other PLANTECO Green an
Sustainable Technologies
Microbial Mats (BIOMATS®) for wastewater treatme
Surface Application and Mobilization of Nutrient Am
(SAMNAS®)
Limestone Buffered Organic Substrate (LBOS) for A
Waste remediation
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Bioremediation of Contaminated So
Agricultural Waste Suitable compost tilled into
contaminated soil
Water is added to wet soil and
stimulate growth of natural
bacteria and fungi
The Bacteria and fungi grow and
degrade the contaminant
Once contaminants are degraded
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Acknowledgements
A Partnership between Ecuador
and United States firms
Ensures Successful Delivery of
Current Projects
PLANTECO’s Partners Cantarida (Ecuador)
Micro-Bac International (USA)
UniRem Inc. (USA)
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Contacts
United States
Professor Valentine NzengungPresident & CEO
337 South Milledge Avenue, Suite 227
Athens, Georgia USA
Phone #: 706-316-3525
Cell phone #: 706-202-4296
Email: [email protected]
Ecua
Mr. José V. M
PLANTECO E
Office in Quito. A
y 9 de octubre
Edificio PA-CO 7
PO BOX: 17-07-8
Phones: (593-2) 22233944 – 255
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Thank you very much
We would appreciate your que
and comments
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