Environmental Restoration

SERDP and ESTCP’s Environmental Restoration program area supports the development and demonstration of innovative technologies to characterize, remediate, and scientifically manage contaminants in soil, sediments, and ground, surface, and waste water.

Active Projects List
Project Title Start Date

Energy Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Systems for Forward Operating Bases Based on Microbial Fuel Cells and Microbial Desalination Cells

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2216
Principal Investigator: Dr. Bruce Logan, Pennsylvania State University
SERDP Mar 2012

Electrokinetic-Enhanced (EK-Enhanced) Amendment Delivery for Remediation of Low Permeability and Heterogeneous Materials

Project Information
Project ID: ER-201325
Principal Investigator: Mr. Evan Cox, Geosyntec, Inc.
ESTCP Jan 2013

Ecological Risk Assessment of Munitions Compounds on Coral and Coral Reef Health

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2125
Principal Investigator: Dr. Cheryl Woodley, NOAA National Ocean Service
SERDP Mar 2011

Dissolution of NTO, DNAN, and Insensitive Munitions Formulations and Their Fates in Soils

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2220
Principal Investigator: Dr. Katerina Dontsova, University of Arizona
SERDP Mar 2012

Direct-Push Optical Screening Tool for High-Resolution, Real-Time Mapping of Chlorinated Solvent DNAPL Architecture

Project Information
Project ID: ER-201121
Principal Investigator: Murray Einarson, Amec Geomatrix
ESTCP Mar 2011

Development of an Integrated Field Test/Modeling Protocol for Efficient In Situ Bioremediation Design and Performance Uncertainty Assessment

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2311
Principal Investigator: Dr. Linda Abriola, Tufts University
SERDP Jan 2013

Development of an Expanded, High-Reliability Cost and Performance Database for In Situ Remediation Technologies

Project Information
Project ID: ER-201120
Principal Investigator: Mr. Travis McGuire, Groundwater Services, Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2011

Development of an Environmental Fate Simulator for New and Proposed Military-Unique Munition Compounds

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1736
Principal Investigator: Dr. Eric Weber, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
SERDP Nov 2009

Development of a Passive Flux Meter Approach to Quantifying 1,4-Dioxane Mass Flux

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2304
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Annable, University of Florida
SERDP Jan 2013

Development of More Cost-Effective Methods for Long-Term Monitoring of Soil Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air Using Quantitative Passive Diffusive-Adsorptive Sampling Techniques

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200830
Principal Investigator: Mr. Todd McAlary, Geosyntec, Inc.
ESTCP Apr 2008

Development of Environmental Health Criteria for Insensitive Munitions (IMX-101-104)

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2223
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Johnson, U.S. Army Institute of Public Health
SERDP Mar 2012

Development of Biomarkers for Assessing In Situ RDX Biodegradation Potential

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1606
Principal Investigator: Dr. Alison Cupples, Michigan State University
SERDP Jan 2008

Development and Validation of a Quantitative Framework and Management Expectation Tool for the Selection of Bioremediation Approaches at Chlorinated Solvent Sites

Project Information
Project ID: ER-201129
Principal Investigator: Ms. Carmen Lebrón, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Engineering Service Center
ESTCP Mar 2011

Developing and Field-Testing Genetic Catabolic Probes for Monitored Natural Attenuation of 1,4-Dioxane with a One-Year Timeframe

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2301
Principal Investigator: Dr. Pedro Alvarez, Rice University
SERDP Jan 2013

Developing Quantum Chemical and Polyparameter Models for Predicting Environmentally Significant Parameters for New Munition Compounds

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1734
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dominic Di Toro, University of Delaware
SERDP Nov 2009

Develop Accurate Methods for Characterizing and Quantifying Cohesive Sediment Erosion Under Combined Current-Wave Conditions

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1497
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joseph Gailani, USACE-ERDC
SERDP Jul 2006

Determining the Bioavailability, Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Organic Chemicals and Metals for the Development of Eco-SSLs

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1210
Principal Investigator: Mr Roman Lanno PhD, Ohio State University
SERDP Feb 2001

Determining Source Attenuation History to Support Closure by Natural Attenuation

Project Information
Project ID: ER-201032
Principal Investigator: Dr. Charles Newell, GSI Environmental Inc.
ESTCP Nov 2009

Designing, Assessing, and Demonstrating Sustainable Bioaugmentation for Treatment of DNAPL Sources in Fractured Bedrock

Project Information
Project ID: ER-201210
Principal Investigator: Dr. Charles Schaefer, Shaw Environmental, Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2012

Demonstration/Validation of More Cost-Effective Methods for Mitigating Radon and VOC Subsurface Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air

Project Information
Project ID: ER-201322
Principal Investigator: Mr. Todd McAlary, Geosyntec, Inc.
ESTCP Jan 2013