Protecting Groundwater Resources

SERDP and ESTCP projects are focused on developing and demonstrating technologies that allow for continued operation of testing and training ranges, while preventing migration of contaminants to groundwater.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Detection and Measurement of Explosives in Groundwater Using In Situ Electrochemical Sensors (SEED Project)

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1220
Principal Investigator: Mr. Khris Olsen, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories
SERDP Oct 2001

Natural Attenuation of Explosives in Soil and Water Systems at DoD Sites

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1043
SERDP Oct 1998

Long-Term Monitoring for Explosives-Contaminated Groundwater

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1298
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Fisher, Nomadics, Inc.
SERDP Aug 2005

Fe0-Based Bioremediation of RDX-Contaminated Groundwater

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1231
Principal Investigator: Dr. Pedro Alvarez, Rice University
SERDP Jan 2004

Bacterial Degradation of DNT and TNT Mixtures

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1212
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rebecca Parales, University of California, Davis
SERDP Oct 2005

Microbial Degradation of RDX and HMX

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1213
Principal Investigator: Dr Jalal Hawari, Environmental Biotechnology, Biotechnology Research Institute (BRI)
SERDP Feb 2004

Novel Pathways of Nitroaromatic Metabolism: Hydroxylamine Formation, Reactivity and Potential for Ring Fission for Destruction of TNT

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1214
Principal Investigator: Joseph Hughes, Georgia Tech
SERDP Aug 2005

Removal and Encapsulation of Heavy Metal from Groundwater

Project Information
Project ID: ER-387
SERDP Oct 1997

In-Situ Remediation of Explosives Contaminated Groundwater with Sequential Reactive Treatment Zones

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1176
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Tratnyek, Oregon Health and Science University
SERDP Feb 2001

Peroxene Treatment of Contaminated Groundwater

Project Information
Project ID: ER-726
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Zappi, Mississippi State University
SERDP Apr 1997

Immobilization of Energetics on Live Fire Ranges

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1229
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Steffan, Shaw Environmental, Inc.
SERDP Sep 2004

Topical Lime Treatment for Containment of Source Zone Energetics Contamination

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1230
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jeffrey Davis, U.S. Army, ERDC
SERDP Sep 2003

Impacts of Fire Ecology Range Management (FERM) on the Fate and Transport of Energetic Materials on Testing and Training Ranges

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1305
Principal Investigator: Mr. Eric Foote, Battelle Memorial Institute
SERDP Jul 2007

Identification of Metabolic Routes and Catabolic Enzymes Involved in Phytoremediation of the Nitro-Substituted Explosives TNT, RDX, and HMX

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1317
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jerald Schnoor, The University of Iowa
SERDP Oct 2006

Engineering Transgenic Plants for the Sustained Containment and In Situ Treatment of Energetic Materials

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1318
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stuart Strand, University of Washington
SERDP Jun 2009

Genetic and Biochemical Basis for the Transformation of Energetic Materials (RDX, TNT, DNTs) by Plants

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1319
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jacqueline Shanks, Iowa State University
SERDP Jul 2007

Anaerobic Biostimulation for the In Situ Precipitation and Long-Term Sequestration of Metal Sulfides

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1373
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mary DeFlaun, GeoSyntec Consultants
SERDP Aug 2009

Environmental Fate and Exposure Assessment for Arsenic in Groundwater

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1374
Principal Investigator: Dr. Janet Hering, California Institute of Technology
SERDP Jan 2011

Enhancement of In Situ Bioremediation of Energetic Compounds by Coupled Abiotic/Biotic Processes

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1376
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim Szecsody, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
SERDP Aug 2007

Biodegradation of Nitroaromatic Compounds by Stimulating Humic Substance- and Fe(III)-Reduction

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1377
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin Finneran, Clemson University
SERDP Jul 2007