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  • November

    The Relief Well Sustainment Deployable Resilient Installation water Purification and treatment System pumps sodium hypochlorite into a relief well located on the Mississippi River in Magna Vista, Miss., February 20, 2024.

    ERDC researchers design, test new mobile treatment for relief wells

    A multi-agency team of researchers and specialists from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and industry collaborator WaterStep have partnered to design and test a new approach to clean and maintain relief wells from biofilm buildup. The new technology is called the Relief Well Sustainment (RWS) Deployable Resilient Installation water Purification and treatment System (DRIPS) mobile trailer.

  • September

    A blast goes off during activation of the Birds Point – New Madrid Floodway. (Photo by Oscar Reihsmann, ACE-IT)

    ERDC Helps Memphis District Redesign Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway Activation System

    In the spring of 2011, the mighty Mississippi put on a show that no one ever wanted to see. As the river rose to historic levels, civilian safety became the number one concern for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).