Coupling of Realistic Rate Estimates with Genomics for Assessing Contaminant Attenuation and Long-Term Plume Containment

This is a collaborative project between the University of Idaho (Dr. Ronald L. Crawford, PI), the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL; Dr. Frederick Colwell, PI) and Northwind Environmental (Dr. Kent Sorenson, PI). This report contains a summary of progress of only Dr. Crawford's part of the effort. This part of the overall project involves examination of the microbial genomics of the Snake River Plain Aquifer (SRPA) at the INEEL Test Area North (TAN) site. The work is being performed by two graduate students, Mr. Daniel Erwin and Ms. Amy Torguson. Progress is reported here as work done by each student