What are the goals in a microbial remediation project for the remediator and IEP?

In a microbial remediation project, the primary focus is to return the affected environment to preloss conditions while ensuring it is safe, sanitary, and maintains a normal fungal ecology. Achieving this goal involves not just removing existing microbial contamination, but also restoring the balance of the ecosystem to its natural state. This delicate balance is important for health and safety, as it prevents potential future problems related to microbial growth.

Choosing to emphasize preloss conditions recognizes that total eradication of all microbes is neither practical nor beneficial, as microbes play crucial roles in various ecosystems (including mold spores which are part of healthy environments). The goal is to bring the environment back to a state that is conducive to human health and safety as well as ecological balance, rather than simply returning it to a sterile state, which could lead to unintended consequences.

While the other choices suggest important aspects of the remediation process, such as complete removal of microbes or achieving conditions below detection limits, they do not encapsulate the comprehensive goal of restoring safe and naturally balanced conditions that are fundamental to effective microbial remediation practices.