Applied Natural Sciences, Inc. (ANS) provides specialized environmental remediation services. Bioremediation dominates the emerging technologies in terms of cost effectiveness, viability and environmental appeal. Applied Natural Sciences offers a form of bioremediation technology that successfully uses vegetation to treat environmental contamination in soil and groundwater. Applied Natural Sciences, Inc. has successfully partnered with other environmental consultants to provide an extended scope of remediation and environmental services. The TreeMediation® TreeWell® Treatment System (TTTS) utilizes Applied Natural Sciences, Inc.s (ANS) patented and proprietary phytoremediation technology as a means of treating deep soil and/or ground water. This approach is designed to remediate ground water flowing into the column as a result of the hydraulic gradient created by the extraction of water by trees or other vegetation. By creating a barrier to root penetration out and inflow in to the column with a casing, water and/or soil a deeper depths can be treated. A typical TTTS system would involve developing a hole into or immediately above contaminated soil or ground water. TreeMediation® vegetation (vegetation that is selected for its remedial capacity) would be planted in the hole to allow the root system to, 1) (for soil) develop into the area of contaminated soil, and 2), (for groundwater) readily extract water that must pass into the column from the contaminated groundwater. In the case of a restrictive aquifer matrix, the existence of the hole provides a preferential pathway for the water to flow to the roots thereby enhancing the extraction of contaminated water. Variations on this theme are typically necessary for particular in-situ settings. In applying the TTTS system to an in-situ treatment of contaminated ground water, depth to ground water must be shallow enough for the roots to develop to the capillary fringe (the zone above the aquifer where water is drawn upward by capillary action of the soil micropores). This depth could be as deep as 50 feet to 100 feet below the ground surface for some species of trees. The vertical extent of the aquifer could be treated provided a void (hole or natural porosity) is available through the entire vertical column of the aquifer provided that void allowed for ready flow of the water to the root system. As the roots extract water from the area above the void, a hydraulic gradient would be created causing water to flow towards the roots through the entire vertical extent of the aquifer.
