Treatment of Wastewater and Drinking Water

SERDP and ESTCP investments are developing innovative technologies to improve the treatment of wastewater and drinking water and maximize the potential for reuse at both fixed installations and forward operating bases.

Active Projects List
Project Title Start Date

A Fully Integrated Membrane Bioreactor System for Wastewater Treatment in Remote Applications

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2237
Principal Investigator: Ms. Amy Childress, University of Nevada, Reno
SERDP Mar 2012

A Self-Sustaining Solar-Bio-Nano-Based Wastewater Treatment System for Forward Operating Bases

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2215
Principal Investigator: Dr. Wei Liao, Michigan State University
SERDP Mar 2012

Demonstration of a Full-Scale Fluidized Bed Bioreactor for the Treatment of Perchlorate at Low Concentrations in Groundwater

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200543
Principal Investigator: Dr. Todd Webster, Envirogen Technologies Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2006

Demonstration of a New, Highly Perchlorate-Selective Ion Exchange Resin Coupled with Resin-Optimized, Single-Vessel Engineering Design

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200542
Principal Investigator: Jim Summerfield, Dow Water and Process Solutions
ESTCP Oct 2005

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

Full-Scale Fixed-Bed Biological Perchlorate Destruction Demonstration

Project Information
Project ID: ER-201169
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jess Brown, Carollo Engineers
ESTCP Jan 2011

Membrane Bioreactor/Ultra Low Energy Reverse Osmosis Membrane Process for Forward Operating Base Wastewater Reuse

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2238
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hua Wang, GE Global Research
SERDP Mar 2012

Novel Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment System for Energy Generation at Forward Operating Bases

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2218
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kathryn Guy, U.S. Army ERDC-CERL
SERDP Mar 2012

Perchlorate Destruction and Potable Water Production Using Membrane Biofilm Reduction

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200541
Principal Investigator: Dr. Patrick Evans, CDM Smith
ESTCP Oct 2005

Robust Membranes for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment by Forward Osmosis in FOBs

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2217
Principal Investigator: Dr. Menachem Elimelech, Yale University
SERDP Mar 2012

Wastewater Treatment Using Microbial Fuel Cells with Peroxide Production

Project Information
Project ID: ER-2239
Principal Investigator: Dr. César Torres, Arizona State University
SERDP Mar 2012

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FY 2013 New Start Project Selections

FY 2013 New Start Project Selections for the Environmental Solicitation

Technical Report:
Sustainable Forward Operating Bases (2010)
 
Technical Report:
Characterization of DoD Installation Wastewater Treatment (2012)
 

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