Residual soils are generally poor in nutrients. This minimizes potential application of monitored natural attenuation of sites contaminated with organic compounds in Brazil. In order to allow the biodegradation process it is necessary to add essential inorganic nutrients, such as phosphate and nitrate. However this process must be strictly controlled in order to attain the most favorable C/N balance. In soils with low hydraulic conductivity the addition of inorganic compounds through the soil mass could well be achieved by electrokinetics. An experimental programme was carried out on mature residual soil samples from Duque de Caxias aiming on assessing the feasibility of ammonium nitrate transport via electrokinetics. The programme also evaluated the change in microbiota due the prolonged exposure to an electrical field. Results have shown that ammonium nitrate can be easily transported through residual soils. It was also observed one-order magnitude microbial population increase within the soil mass after the application of DC current. Preliminary results indicated that electrokinetics could well be used to enhance bioremediation of organic contaminants in residual soils.