Proposals in this topic area should have addressed the reduction of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) current liabilities and prevention of future liabilities through the demonstration of technologies or tools for the cost-effective management and remediation of chemicals of concern in soil, sediments, and ground and surface water.

Monitoring. Demonstrate technologies for the assessment or long-term monitoring of chemical contamination or biogeochemical indicators in soils, sediments, and water.

Reduction in Cost to Complete. Demonstrate innovative tools, methodologies or technologies that can reduce the DoD’s Cost to Complete for impacted groundwater or aquatic sediments by improving performance assessment or optimizing treatment. Sites impacted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and/or chlorinated solvents, munitions constituents, PCBs, and PAHs are of most concern, but other chemicals of concern may be of interest.

Reduce Source Loading of Munitions Constituents. Demonstrate innovative tools, methodologies or technologies that can reduce source loading of munitions constituents during routine DoD operations and demilitarization activities.

Stormwater Treatment. Demonstrate innovative tools, methodologies or technologies for management and treatment of stormwater runoff from DoD facilities. Consideration should be given to incorporation into existing Best Management Practices and to meeting National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit requirements.

Wastewater Treatment. Demonstrate innovative, energy efficient, low maintenance systems for decentralized treatment or recycling of wastewater on fixed installations. Systems that are capable of operating in an energy neutral configuration, that produce power or materials that can easily be converted into power, and/or that are capable of generating water for potable or nonpotable re-use are of interest.

Risk Assessment. Demonstrate technologies that are focused on improving the military's ability to assess and predict human and ecological risk from chemicals of concern including but not limited to PFAS, chlorinated solvents, munitions constituents, PCBs, and PAHs. Areas of concern include exposure pathways to humans and ecological receptors, chemical effects on ecological receptors and tools and methods to assess environmental impacts.

SPECIAL INTEREST TOPIC
ESTCP has issued one topic area of general interest through a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to the private sector titled Innovative Technology Transfer Approaches. DoD investigators 2 are encouraged to submit proposals through the DoD submittal process that respond to this BAA topic area.

For proposals addressing PFAS issues, it was recommended to review the SERDP and ESTCP memo for specific quality assurance/quality control requirements for all projects addressing PFAS.

The following project was funded in 2022. Project overviews will appear below as they posted to the website.

• Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) to Destroy PFAS in Aqueous Investigation-Derived Waste (IDW) and Concentrated Waste Streams
  • Principal Investigator: Ramona Iery, Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center