Microseeps adds the Air Knife to its Field Service Capabilities

Microseeps has recently expanded its field services capabilities to include the Air Knife.  The air knife is used for utility clearance prior to any ground intrusion, such as drilling, direct push, back hoe, and other heavy equipment.  The air knife is particularly useful when public utility maps show lines extending on to a site, but private records cannot confirm onsite locations.

The air knife is the best alternative to conventional hand clearing, such as the hand auger, post hole digger or spud bar and hammer.  Any of these methods can result in damage to unknown utilities. The air knife will expose any utility lines without causing damage to the lines.  Air knives are so safe that they are also used by arborists to expose delicate root systems for treatment.

In addition, the air knife can be used to install shallow vapor points for vapor intrusion studies.  Using the air knife for this purpose reduces the cost of the actual vapor point used, resulting in a greatly reduced project cost.

Call or email Microseeps the next time you have a project that requires utility clearance, vapor implants, or any other reason that intrusion into the vadose zone is a requirement.

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Not All Laboratories Achieve the Same Results!

Last month, Microseeps provided technical data on the value of lower Ethene detection limits in demonstrating the occurrence of natural degradation.  The real question is how to get these detection levels for your analyses.

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200 Times Lower Detection Limits for Ethene Can Make a Huge Difference!

Reporting limits for ethene are critical to identifying and demonstrating complete natural biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes. In fact, reporting limits for ethene that are 200 times lower can be crucial.

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Microseeps Reveals Progress at Battelle

Pat McLoughlin, Director of Research at Microseeps displayed the results of a year's research at the Battelle In-situ and On-site Bioremediation Symposium on June 5th-9th, 2005.

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"Electron Shuttles in Redox Processes: Characterization, Quantification and Remediation Optimization"
 
Microseeps has developed a new Total Electron Shuttle (TES) test in which all electron shuttles are measured. By measuring TES, a comparison of various in-situ amendment solutions potential effectiveness can be measured.

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"Implications From An Overview of Volatile Fatty Acid Observations"
 
Using a new low level Volatile Fatty Acid test developed by Microseeps, numersous significant observations have been made using the data. By populating a searchable database of data from numerous sites over a one-year period, Microseeps has developed a unique tool for interpreting thedata at individual sites.

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Microseeps Receives Louisiana Certification

Microseeps received secondary NELAC accreditation from the state of Louisiana on June 14, 2004. This certification includes an extensive list of volatiles by SW846-8260, 8021 and 8015, and metals by SW846-6010 in both soil and water matrices. Also certified are a variety of wet chemistry methods including Anions by Ion Chromatography and Total Organic Carbon. Additionally, Microseeps is certified to run an in-house equilibrium headspace method for certain fuel oxygenates. This certification is based upon reciprocity from the state of Florida, which is Microseeps primary NELAC accrediting authority. Microseeps also holds secondary NELAC accreditation in the states of New York and New Jersey. Other states where Microseeps holds certifications include West Virginia, Connecticut, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. Contact our Customer Service Office for specific parameter lists for your state of interest.

Microseeps plans on expanding its list of approved analytes for NELAC accreditation when Pennsylvania broadens its NELAC accrediting authority status. Those methods will include BNAs, PCBs, Pesticides, and an extensive list of wet chemistry parameters.

Microseeps is currently awaiting an audit from the state of Louisiana in order to certify a variety of performance-based analyses including our Biodegradation Indicator Gases, Low Level Volatile Fatty Acids, Fuel Oxygenates, and Volatile Organic Compounds in Soil Gas methods. Microseeps hopes this will set a precedence for other states to begin recognizing the value of these performance-based analytical methods for any site where monitored natural attenuation is a viable alternative to more traditional site clean-up techniques.

Microseeps Receives Research Grant

Microseeps scientists Dr. Bob Pirkle and Dr. Pat McLoughlin worked with Dr.
John Wilson of the USEPA and Dr. Barbara Wilson, formerly of Dynamac, to
develop a proposal and plan to promote, measure and document abiotic
attenuation of chlorinated ethenes in ground water. Full story...

Microseeps launches new website:

Be sure to watch for changes over the coming months as Microseeps.com becomes more interactive and continues to grow. Click to watch a video message from Microseeps' founder and president Bob Pirkle.