November, 2006
Arizona Water Resources,
Joe Gelt
ed.,
vol.
15,
no.
2,
16
pp.,
Water Resources Research Center,
Tucson, AZ,
November, 2006
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Bioremediation is putting microorganisms to work. "Bio" refers to the biological organisms and "remediation" refers to the job to be done: remediating or resolving an environmental problem caused by toxic chemicals and other hazardous wastes in soil and groundwater.