Completed Projects

Completed Research Projects

To learn more about our past research projects and objectives, please visit the NIEHS Superfund Research Program website.

Hazardous Waste Field Sites with Completed Research

Apache Powder, NPL Superfund site - Benson, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation (2005-2010)
  Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Remediating Mine Waste Products (2000-2005)
  Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Asarco Hayden Plant - Hayden, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Prediction and Properties of Airborne Dust Arising from Mining Sites (2017- 2020)
  Project Investigator: Eric A Betterton
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Avra Valley - Marana, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Electrochemical Remediation of Arsenic and Chromium (2000-2005)
  Project Investigator: James Farrell
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Broadway-Pantano Landfill - Tucson, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics (2005-2010)
  Project Investigator: Robert G Arnold, Eric A Betterton
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core (2017-2020)
  Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
  Research Types: Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Broken Hill - San Manuel, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation (2005-2010)
  Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Camp Navajo (Army depot) DOD site - Flagstaff, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation (2005-2010)
  Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Gene Enhanced Remediation of Co-Contaminated Soils (2000-2005)
  Project Investigator: Ian L. Pepper
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Cananea Mine Spill - Cananea, Sonora

• Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core (2017-2020)
  Project Investigator: Raina M Maier, Julie W Neilson
  Research Types: Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Central Arizona Project Headquarters - Phoenix, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation (2005-2010)
  Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study, Field test of a new remediation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

City of Tucson Fuel Depot - Tucson, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Bioavailability, Soil Heterogeneity, and In-Situ Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants (1995-2000)
  Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters (2017-2020)
  Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
  Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Superfund Site - Coeur D Alene, Idaho

• Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation (2005-2010)
  Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed

El Camino del Cerro Landfill WQARF Site - Tucson, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics (2005-2010)
  Project Investigator: Robert G Arnold
  Research Types: Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters (2017-2020)
  Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
  Research Types: Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Farmer's Water Company - Sahuarita, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Electrochemical Remediation of Arsenic and Chromium (2000-2005) 
  Project Investigator: James Farrell
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

GE Moreau Superfund Site - SOUTH GLENS FALLS, New York

• Project: University of Arizona: Bioavailability, Soil Heterogeneity, and In-Situ Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants (1995-2000)
  Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
  Research Types: Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Harrison Landfill - Tucson, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics (2005-2010)
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Iron King Mine and Humboldt Smelter - Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Critical Events in the Transformation of Human Bladder Cells by Low-Level Arsenic Exposure (2010-2015)
  Project Investigator: A. Jay Gandolfi
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core (2017-2020)
  Project Investigator: Monica Ramirez-Andreotta
  Research Types: Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Research Support Core (2010-2015)
  Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Metal Exposure Study in Homes – Dewey Humboldt, Arizona (2012-2015)
  Project Investigator: Paloma Beamer
  Research Type: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Klondyke Tailings, WQARF site - Willcox, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Remediating Mine Waste Products (2000-2005)
  Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Revegetation of Mining Wastes in Arid and Semiarid Environments: Plant-Microbe-Metal Interactions and Fertility Island Effects (2017-2020)
  Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Motorola, Inc. (52nd Street Plant) Superfund site - Phoenix, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Bioavailability, Soil Heterogeneity, and In-Situ Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants (1995- 2000)
  Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
  Research Types: Fate and transport study, Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
  Project Investigator: James A. Field
  Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core (2017-2020)
  Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
  Research Types: Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Nacozari Mining Site - Nacozari, Sonora

• Project: University of Arizona: Revegetation of Mining Wastes in Arid and Semiarid Environments: Plant-Microbe-Metal Interactions and Fertility Island Effects (2017-2020)
  Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Olive Grove Dross Site - Tucson, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Gene Enhanced Remediation of Co-Contaminated Soils (2000-2005)
  Project Investigator: Ian L. Pepper
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Page Ranch Landfill - Oracle, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation (2005-2010)
  Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
  Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Electrochemical Remediation of Arsenic and Chromium (2000- 2005)
  Project Investigator: James Farrell
  Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics (2005-2010)
  Project Investigator: Robert G Arnold, Eric A Betterton
  Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Remediating Mine Waste Products (2000-2005) 
  Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
  Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters (2017-2020)
  Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
  Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Park- Euclid, WQARF site - Tucson, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics (2005-2020)
  Project Investigator: Robert G Arnold, Eric A Betterton, A. Eduardo Saez
  Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Phoenix-Goodyear Airport (PGA) - Phoenix, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters (2017- 2020) 
  Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
  Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Pinal Creek, WQARF site - Globe, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Remediating Mine Waste Products (2000-2005)
  Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: Completed

San Pedro River Mine Tailings Site, AZ (Bureau of Land management) - Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Revegetation of Mining Wastes in Arid and Semiarid Environments: Plant-Microbe-Metal Interactions and Fertility Island Effects (2017-2020)
  Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
  Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Silver Valley - Kellogg, Idaho

• Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation (2005-2010)
  Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Silverbell Landfill WQARF site - Tucson, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters (2017-2020)
  Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
  Research Types: Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Silverbell Post Office - Tucson, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation (2005-2010)
  Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Tucson International Airport Area (TIAA) Superfund Site - Tucson, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Research Support Core (2010-2015)
  Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed
   
• Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core (2017-2020)
  Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
  Research Types: Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Vulture Mill, AZ WQARF site - Wickenburg, Arizona

• Project: University of Arizona: Transport of Trace Metals in a Polluted Aquifer (1995-2000)
  Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed