SERDP Invests in Technologies Developed by the Toxics Program

The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is helping to fund a project that is designed to bring to the marketplace technologies developed by the Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program and its partners. USGS scientists and their partners from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) are collobrating on the SERDP project "Integrated protocol for assessment of long-term sustainability of monitored natural attenuation of chlorinated solvent plumes (CU-1349)." Project scientists are developing and implementing a practical methodology and a set of protocols to evaluate the feasibility and long-term sustainability of natural attenuation at chlorinated solvent contamination sites.

This project demonstrates how basic and applied research performed by the Toxics Program is being used as the basis for new clean-up strategies for environmental contaminants. The project is a result of collaboration between the Toxics Program and its partners.

More Information

• Solvent Plume Source Removal Test (Fenton's Reagent) - An application of the NAS software.
• Chlorinated Benzene Plume Source Area Containment Test (Oxygen-Release Compound Injection) - An application of the NAS software.
• Processes that Control the Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents - Microbial Degradation of Chloroethenes in Ground Water Systems

Partners

• Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Related Headlines

• New Report Presents a Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Monitored Natural Attenuation
• New Version of NAS (Natural Attenuation Software) Available
• RDX Biodegradation Under Metal-Reducing Conditions
• USGS Patents Bioreactors that Treat Nitrate and Methyl Bromide Contamination
• Using Oxygen to Enhance Biodegradation of Contaminants -- Lessons Learned
• Software Provides Estimates of How Long it Will Take for Remediation Efforts to Achieve Their Goals
• Handbook on Permeable Reactive Barriers Published - The handbook gives guidance on the use of permeable reactive barriers to remediate radionuclide, trace metal, and nutrient contamination.
• The Changing Face of Microbial Communities in Contaminant Plumes
• DNAPL Removal Key to Accelerated, Less Expensive Remediation
• Using Oxygen to Clean Up Ground-Water Contamination

Return to Headlines Page