Sand Creek.s Role in the Early development of Phytotechnologies

In 1999: Sand Creek successfully developed an innovative clonal screening procedure for increasing the efficiency of poplar and willow in the treatment of VOC and chlorinated solvent-contaminated landfill leachate. The results were presented at the now-historic meeting: The 1st Annual Phytoremediation State of the Science Conference at the Omni Parker Hotel in Boston, MA in May of 2000.

In 2000, Sand Creek was recognized as one of the top 18 .United States Diversified Consulting/Engineering Companies. providing Phytoremediation services. See: The 2000 Phytoremediation Industry U.S. and International Industry Directory, with Company Profiles, published by D. Glass Associates, Inc., Needham, MA, U.S.A., February 2000.

In 2001, Sand Creek was retained by the US EPA Office of Research and Development (EPA-ORD) to develop and deploy pilot testing and up-scaling procedures for the oiled shores of the Indiana Harbors Canal in Gary Indiana, continental America.s most severely oiled shoreline. A number of publications and presentations arose from this 3-year effort and are available, some of which are on-line in PowerPoint.

In 2002, Sand Creek developed an outreach and technology transfer program for the dissemination of phytotechnology information by compiling in-house and public domain research onto CD.s for distribution at national and international technical meetings. Over the period 2002 . 2005, over 2,000 CD.s were disseminated across the US at technical meetings and via on-line orders.

In 2003, Sand Creek, in cooperation with the USDA Forestry Sciences Lab and using state-of-the-art Dynamax. sapflow measuring technology, we demonstrated that 4-year old poplar trees evapotranspired up to 65 gallons of water per tree per day from a landfill where chlorinated solvents in a shallow plume were discharging to a small nearby wetland.

Over the Period 2003 . 2008, Sand Creek has led the nation in the design, installation and maintenance of more than 25 phytoremediation projects at sites across the Midwest and Southeast. In addition to the projects we designed and installed, much of our work involved the evaluation of systems installed by others, making modifications and upgrades to those systems, along with providing subconsulting arrangements with cooperating consulting firms.

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