Characterizing Fate and Transport

SERDP and ESTCP efforts are under way to improve understanding of fate and transport processes for military-unique compounds used on testing and training ranges. 

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

A Predictive Capability for the Source Terms of Residual Energetic Materials from Burning and/or Detonation Activities

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1159
Principal Investigator: Dr. Charles Kolb, Aerodyne Research Inc.
SERDP Apr 2004

Distribution and Fate of Energetics on DoD Test and Training Ranges

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1155
Principal Investigator: Dr. Tom Jenkins, U.S. Army ERDC-CRREL
SERDP Oct 2006

Environmental Fate and Transport of a New Energetic Material, CL-20

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1256
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jalal Hawari, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada
SERDP Jul 2006

Groundwater Chemistry and Microbial Ecology Effects on Explosives Biodegradation

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1378
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Fuller, CB&I
SERDP Sep 2008

Biotic and Abiotic Attenuation of Nitrogenous Energetic Compounds (NEC) in Coastal Waters and Sediments

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1431
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Montgomery, Naval Research Laboratory
SERDP Jun 2008

Dissolution Rate of Propellant Energetics from Nitrocellulose Matrices

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1691
Principal Investigator: Dr. Susan Taylor, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Sep 2012

Identification of Microbial Gene Biomarkers for In Situ RDX Biodegradation

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1609
Principal Investigator: Dr. Fiona Crocker, ERDC
SERDP Aug 2012

Development of Environmental Data for Navy, Air Force, and Marine Munitions

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1480
Principal Investigator: Mr. Jay Clausen, ERDC-CRREL
SERDP Jul 2007

Characterization and Fate of Gun and Rocket Propellant Residues on Testing and Training Ranges

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1481
Principal Investigator: Mr. Michael Walsh P.E., USA CRREL
SERDP Aug 2011

Photochemical Transformation of Munitions Constituents in Marine Waters

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2123
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dianne Luning Prak, U.S. Naval Academy
SERDP May 2012

Dissolution Rate, Weathering Mechanics, and Friability of TNT, Comp B, and Octol

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1482
Principal Investigator: Dr. Bonnie Packer, U.S. Army Environmental Command (USAEC)
SERDP Feb 2010

Phytoremediation for the Containment and Treatment of Energetic and Propellant Material Releases on Testing and Training Ranges

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1499
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jerald Schnoor, The University of Iowa
SERDP Jun 2011

Factors Effecting the Fate and Transport of CL-20 in the Vadose Zone and Groundwater

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1255
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim Szecsody, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
SERDP Jul 2002

Measurement and Modeling of Energetic Material Mass Transfer to Pore Water

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1227
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Webb, Sandia National Laboratories
SERDP May 2006

Development and Application of a Flash Pyrolysis-GC/MS Assay for Documenting Natural and Engineered Attenuation of Nitroaromatic Compounds

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1233
Principal Investigator: Dr. Eugene Madsen, Cornell University
SERDP Oct 2003

Sequential Electrolytic Degradation of Energetic Compounds in Groundwater

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1234
Principal Investigator: Dr. Tom Sale, Colorado State University
SERDP Nov 2004