This study evaluated whether bioaugmentation or biostimulation could help meet water quality goals in woodchip bioreactors. For bioaugmentation, two bacterial strains were inoculated into woodchip bioreactors. The cold-adapted cellulose-degrading strain increased over time but the other strain's abundance dropped after 6 weeks. For biostimulation, acetate solution was added but only provided modest nitrate removal increases. The results suggest that bioaugmentation and biostimulation may help water quality goals if inoculation techniques and microbial community maintenance are improved, and if clogging and carbon delivery schemes are better managed.