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Economic Evaluation of Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Urban Soils in Chile

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Technical advances have converted bioremediation into a large-scale ecosystem service suitable for the treatment of polluted soils worldwide; however, its application in Chile is scarce. The main hurdles that must be addressed include the capacities of such approaches for the treatment of polluted soils, the lack of knowledge about key factors affecting bioremediation costs and the lack of a legal framework to regulate this activity. In this study, the economic performance of the bioremediation of chronically hydrocarbon-polluted urban soils based on bioaugmentation, biostimulation or the combination of both approaches projected to an industrial scale was evaluated. The cost of bioremediation ranged between USD 50.7 and USD 310.4 per m3 of contaminated soil. In addition, the items and activities that had the most significant impacts on the final bioremediation cost, such as compost for biostimulation and bacterial growth media for bioaugmentation-based approaches, were identified. The projected costs were compared against an extensive database of 130 soil bioremediation projects. The bioremediation treatment costs fell within the top 60% of the more expensive projects, highlighting the high effort involved in bioremediation of chronically contaminated soils. This framework can facilitate the decision making of entrepreneurs, consultants, researchers and governmental authorities when launching initiatives to develop a local bioremediation industry capable of cleaning up a high number of polluted sites in Chile.

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Authors
Orellana, R., Cumsille, A., Piña-Gangas, P., Rojas, C., Arancibia, A., Donghi, S., Stuardo, C., Cabrera, P., Arancibia, G., Cárdenas, F., Salazar, F., González, M., Santis, P., Abarca-Hurtado, J., Mejías, M., & Seeger, M.
Affiliations
  • Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación (CL)
  • Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (CL)
  • University of Valparaíso (CL)
  • Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Ecofisiología Microbiana, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Leopoldo Carvallo 270, Valparaíso 2360001, Chile
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (CL)
Corresponding author
  • Orellana, Roberto
  • Seeger, Michael
Venue
Sustainability
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-09-21
Volume
14
Issue
19
Pages
11854
ISSN
2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4296746488
Cited by
32
References
81
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1
FWCI
1.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Conicyt Programa de Inserción a la Academia (PAI79170091, 170600, ACT172128, 11190863, 1200756)
  • Apoyo a la Formación de Redes Internacionales para Investigadores en Etapa Inicial (PAI79170091, 170600, ACT172128, 11190863, 1200756)
  • ANID PIA Ring GAMBIO Genomics and Applied Microbiology for Biodegradation and Bioproducts (PAI79170091, 170600, ACT172128, 11190863, 1200756)
  • Fondecyt (PAI79170091, 170600, ACT172128, 11190863, 1200756)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
Keywords
bioremediation, hydrocarbon-contaminated soil, urban soil contamination, bioaugmentation, biostimulation, bioremediation cost, cost drivers, compost, bacterial culture media, Chile, contaminated site remediation

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