Monitoring

Monitoring remains the foundation of groundwater cleanup efforts. SERDP and ESTCP efforts focus on improving performance and compliance monitoring needed to design, optimize, and operate treatment systems.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

A Portable Fiberoptic Surface Enhanced Raman Sensor for Real-Time Detection and Monitoring of Perchlorate and Energetics

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1602
Principal Investigator: Dr. Baohua Gu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
SERDP Jan 2012

Accelerated Tri-Services SCAPS Sensor Development

Project Information
Project ID: ER-729
SERDP Oct 1998

Adaptive Long-Term Monitoring at Environmental Restoration Sites

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200629
Principal Investigator: Ms. Karla Harre, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Engineering Service Center
ESTCP May 2009

Application of Flow and Transport Optimization Codes to Groundwater Pump-and-Treat Systems

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200010
Principal Investigator: Ms. Karla Harre, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Engineering Service Center
ESTCP Apr 2004

Application of Microarrays and qPCR to Identify Phylogenetic and Functional Biomarkers Diagnostic of Microbial Communities that Biodegrade Chlorinated Solvents to Ethene

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1587
Principal Investigator: Dr. Lisa Alvarez-Cohen, University of California at Berkeley
SERDP Jan 2013

Application of Neural Networks Coupled with Genetic Algorithms to Optimize Soil Cleanup Operations in Cold Climates

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1049
SERDP Oct 1998

Application of Nucleic Acid-Based Tools for Monitoring MNA, Biostimulation and Bioaugmentation at Chlorinated Solvent Sites

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200518
Principal Investigator: Ms. Carmen Lebr�n, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Engineering Service Center
ESTCP May 2011

Applied Innovative Technologies for Characterization of Explosives-Contaminated DoD Building Foundations and Underlying Soils

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200130
Principal Investigator: Mr. Jay Hodges, US Army Corps of Engineers - Omaha District
ESTCP Jan 2007

Cryogenic Collection of Complete Subsurface Samples for Molecular Biological Analysis

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1559
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rick Johnson, Oregon Health and Science University
SERDP May 2012

Demonstration and Validation of GTS Long-Term Monitoring Optimization Software at Military and Government Sites

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200714
Principal Investigator: Mr. Philip Hunter, HQ AFCEE/BCE
ESTCP Feb 2011

Demonstration and Validation of a Regenerated Cellulose Dialysis Membrane Diffusion Sampler for Monitoring Groundwater Quality and Remediation Progress at DoD Sites

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200313
Principal Investigator: Mr. Joey Trotsky, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
ESTCP Feb 2011

Demonstration and Validation of a Water and Solute Flux Measuring Device

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200114
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kirk Hatfield, University of Florida
ESTCP Nov 2006

Demonstration/Validation of Long-Term Monitoring Using Wells Installed by Direct-Push Technologies

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200011
Principal Investigator: Mr. Bill Major, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Engineering Service Center
ESTCP Oct 2009

Demonstration/Validation of the Snap Sampler Passive Groundwater Sampling Device

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200630
Principal Investigator: Ms. Louise Parker, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
ESTCP Jun 2011

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

Development of a Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)-Based Sensor for the Long Term Monitoring of Toxic Anions

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1296
Principal Investigator: Dr. Pamela Boss, SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego
SERDP Aug 2005

Direct Push Chemical Sensors for DNAPL and Other VOCs

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200109
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Lieberman, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
ESTCP Jan 2007

Estimating Cleanup Times Associated with Combining Source-Area Remediation with Monitored Natural Attenuation

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200436
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Kram, Groundswell Technologies, Inc
ESTCP Feb 2008

Explosives Detecting Immunosensors

Project Information
Project ID: ER-199713
Principal Investigator: Ms. Anne Kusterbeck, Naval Research Laboratory
ESTCP Feb 2000

Fiber Optic Biosensors for Contaminant Monitoring

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200115
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ken Reardon, Colorado State University
ESTCP Dec 2006