An agricultural landprone to rainfall showed that the pesticides used over the cropshave been washing off to the nearby lake due to surface runoff.Surface runoff is a process by which pesticides are transported indissolved or particulate forms along the surface of slopingagricultural land. In addition, the soil has high permeability,initial site visit showed that vertical downward displacement ofthese pesticides through the soil profile and the unsaturated zone,finally reaching groundwater might also a high possibility. Theresults of the initial tests revealed that the highestconcentrations were observed for organochlorine and organophosphateamong other pesticides.
As an environmentalengineer tasked with this site, Select the best bio-remediationoption to deal with this problem and explain your reasoning, withadvantages and disadvantages.
