ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

This program element (PE) matures and demonstrates technologies transitioned from PE 0602720A (Environmental Quality Technology), Project 835 that improve the Army's ability to achieve cost-effective environmental restoration and management of contamination resulting from Army training or operations at its installations, active and inactive ranges, its rework and production facilities, and on the battlefield. Advanced development activities address the management/mitigation of materials released to the natural environment and residual environmental effects of military training and operations. The emphasis of this effort includes restoration of legacy materials, e.g., traditional explosives and energetic; management of new materials, e.g., nanomaterials and emerging contaminants; and mitigation of residual impacts from implementation of sustainable technologies and processes. Technologies matured within this project enable the Army to cost effectively address current and future environmental liabilities resulting from the use of militarily relevant materials in the environment and implementation of the new family of sustainable technologies for energy production. Current and planned efforts enable the Army to efficiently characterize, evaluate, assess, and remediate soil and groundwater at installations, ranges, facilities, and during battlefield operations. Efforts also identify ways to economically comply with the myriad of federal, state, and host country regulations dealing with contaminated soil and groundwater. A key aspect of this work is the enhancement of risk assessment and life cycle analysis techniques that can more accurately display the environmental liabilities associated with fielding new systems and technologies. This program includes pilot scale field studies to establish technological feasibility and assess performance and productivity of the risk assessment techniques. The cited work is consistent with the Director, Defense Research and Engineering Strategic Plan, the Army Modernization Strategy, the Army Science and Technology Master Plan, and supports the Army Strategy for the Environment. Work in this project is performed by the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 03E_0603728A_3_2040_PB_2012

Tags

Fields of Study

• Environmental science

Readers

• Environmental Engineering.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.