Waste Reduction and Treatment in DoD Operations

SERDP and ESTCP projects are addressing hazardous and solid waste issues associated with military operations or use of weapons systems and platforms.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Spent Acid Recovery Using Diffusion Dialysis

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199705
Principal Investigator: Mr. Nicholas Stencel, Naval Research Laboratory
ESTCP Apr 1999

Venturi/Vortex Scrubber to Recycle Chromium Electroplating Emissions

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199707
Principal Investigator: Ms. Rene Dunnam, US Army CERL
ESTCP Nov 1998

Sodium Hydroxide Recycling System

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199801
Principal Investigator: Mr. Philip Darcy, U.S. Army Benet Laboratories
ESTCP Oct 2002

Oily Sludge Biodetoxification

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200307
Principal Investigator: Mr. Sonny Maga, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
ESTCP May 2011

Demonstration/Validation of an Environmentally Advantaged Aircraft Deicing Fluid as an Alternative to Ethylene and Propylene Glycol

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200409
Principal Investigator: Ms. Mary Wyderski, U.S. Air Force
ESTCP Apr 2008

Biological Treatment of Solvent-Based Paint

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200520
Principal Investigator: Mr. Tom Torres, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center
ESTCP Jan 2011

Demonstration of NoFoam System Technology for Aircraft Hangar and Fuel Farm Fire Suppression Foam System

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200525
Principal Investigator: Mr. Rance Kudo, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
ESTCP Jul 2011

Demonstration of Advanced Oxidation Treatment of Shipboard Blackwater and Graywater

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200802
Principal Investigator: Ms. Tina Lerke, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
ESTCP Dec 2010

Waste Acid Detoxification and Reclamation

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199501
Principal Investigator: Mr. Philip Darcy, U.S. Army Benet Laboratories
ESTCP Apr 1999

Demonstration of an Environmentally Benign and Reduced Corrosion Runway Deicing Fluid

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200924
Principal Investigator: Ms. Mary Wyderski, U.S. Air Force
ESTCP Jan 2011

Plasma Arc Destruction of DoD Hazardous Waste

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199509
ESTCP Oct 2000

Use of Sorbent Materials for Treating Hazardous Wastes

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199515
Principal Investigator: Mr. Garry Kosteck, ARDEC Industrial Ecology Center
ESTCP Oct 2000

Novel Membrane Separation System for Shipboard Oily Wastewater Treatment

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200215
Principal Investigator: Mr. David Maribo, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
ESTCP Dec 2010

Removal, Separation, and Recovery of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastestreams Using Molecular Recognition Technology (MRT)

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199805
Principal Investigator: Dr. Katherine Ford, Naval Facilities Engineering Services Center
ESTCP Oct 2003

Removal of Chromium (VI) from Wastewater by Anionic Liquid Ion Exchange (A-LIX)

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200001
Principal Investigator: John Dunlap, AFRL/MLQE
ESTCP Oct 2003

Mineralization of TNT, RDX and By-Products in an Anaerobic Granular Activated Carbon-Fluidized Bed Bioreactor

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200004
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Maloney, U.S. Army ERDC/CERL
ESTCP Oct 2003

Universal Stationary/Mobile NoFoam Unit for Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicles

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200026
Principal Investigator: Mr. Rance Kudo, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
ESTCP Oct 2004

Control of Biofouling Using Biodegradable Natural Products

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1277
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kathleen Fallis, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
SERDP Oct 2002

Pulsed Acoustic Sparker Bio-Fouling Control in Heat Transfer Equipment (SEED Project)

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1279
Principal Investigator: Dr. Raymond Schaefer, Phoenix Science & Technology, Inc.
SERDP Oct 2002

Shipboard Non-Oily Wastewater Treatment System

Project Information
Project ID: WP-29
Principal Investigator: Dr. John Benson, Naval Surface Warfare Center
SERDP May 1997

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