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.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Reductive Anaerobic Biological In Situ Treatment Technology (RABITT) Treatability Testing

Project Information
Project ID: ER-199719
Principal Investigator: Mr. Kolin Newsome, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
ESTCP Jan 2003

Reductions in DNAPL Longevity Through Biological Flux Enhancement

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200438
Principal Investigator: Dr. C. Herb Ward, Rice University
ESTCP Sep 2009

Reducing Ion Exchange Treatment Costs by Up to 40 Percent Using Tailored Activated Carbon

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200546
Principal Investigator: Mr. Trent Henderson, ARCADIS G&M, Inc.
ESTCP Oct 2010

Reduced Iron Sulfide Systems for Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Groundwater

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1375
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kim Hayes, University of Michigan
SERDP Jul 2009

Reactive Capping Mat Development and Evaluation for Sequestering Contaminants in Sediments

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1493
Principal Investigator: Ms. Amy Hawkins, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC)
SERDP Jul 2010

Reaction and Transport Processes Controlling In Situ Chemical Oxidation of DNAPLs

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1290
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Siegrist, Colorado School of Mines
SERDP Nov 2006

Rational Selection of Tailored Amendment Mixtures and Composites for In Situ Remediation of Contaminated Sediments

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1491
Principal Investigator: Dr. Upal Ghosh, University of Maryland Baltimore County
SERDP Aug 2009

Rapid Sediment Characterization

Project Information
Project ID: ER-199717
Principal Investigator: Dr. James Leather, SPAWAR Systems Center
ESTCP Aug 2004

Radon-222 as a Natural Tracer for Monitoring the Remediation of NAPL Contamination in the Subsurface

Project Information
Project ID: ER-199916
Principal Investigator: Dr. Lew Semprini, Oregon State University
ESTCP Dec 2006

Quantifying the Bioavailability of Toxic Metals in Soils

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1166
Principal Investigator: Mr. Philip Jardine, University of Tennessee
SERDP Jun 2003

Quantifying In Situ Contaminant Mobility in Marine Sediments

Project Information
Project ID: ER-199712
Principal Investigator: Mr. Bradley Davidson, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
ESTCP Aug 2000

Quantifying Enhanced Microbial Dehalogenation Impacting the Fate and Transport of Organohalide Mixtures in Contaminated Sediments

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1492
Principal Investigator: Dr. Max Haggblom, Rutgers University
SERDP Jan 2013

Push-Pull Tests for Evaluating the In-Situ Aerobic Treatment of Chlorinated Mixtures in Groundwater

Project Information
Project ID: ER-199921
Principal Investigator: Dr. Lew Semprini, Oregon State University
ESTCP Sep 2006

Protocol for Tier 2 Evaluation of Vapor Intrusion at Corrective Action Sites

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200707
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas McHugh, GSI Environmental Inc.
ESTCP Aug 2012

Protocol for Selecting Remedies for Chlorinated Solvent Releases

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200530
Principal Investigator: Dr. Tom Sale, Colorado State University
ESTCP Mar 2011

Prospects for Remediation of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane by Natural and Engineered Abiotic Degradation Reactions

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1457
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Tratnyek, Oregon Health & Science University
SERDP Aug 2010

Prediction of Groundwater Quality Improvement Down-Gradient of In Situ Permeable Treatment Barriers and Fully Remediated Source Zones

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200320
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Johnson, Arizona State University
ESTCP Sep 2008

Practical Cost-Optimization of Characterization and Remediation Decisions at DNAPL Sites with Consideration of Prediction Uncertainty

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1611
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jack Parker, The University of Tennessee
SERDP May 2011

Portable System for Field Feeding Greywater Remediation and Recycling

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200310
Principal Investigator: Mr. Chad Haering, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center
ESTCP Mar 2007

Portable SERS Instrument for Explosives Monitoring

Project Information
Project ID: ER-199917
Principal Investigator: Dr. John Haas, Applied Research Associates, Inc.
ESTCP Apr 2006