Description
On June 2, the U.S. Department of Energy, in partnership with the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) hub, announced the selection of 16 projects that will help the United States secure an affordable, energy-efficient water supply. Selected projects will develop innovative desalination technologies that can treat nontraditional water sources (e.g., brackish water, seawater, and industrial wastewater) and shrink the carbon footprint of the water-treatment industry.
Topic Areas
NUMBER OF SELECTEES: 16
NUMBER OF STATES CONTAINING SELECTED PROJECTS: 6
FEDERAL FUNDING AMOUNT: $17,730,476
COST SHARE AMOUNT: $11,449,806
TOTAL FUNDING: $29,180,282
| Project Title | Project Lead | Project Partners | Federal Funding | Total Cost |
| Assessing the Impact of A-PRIME on Industrial Sector Supply Portfolios: Chemical Industry Case Study | University of Texas, Austin | Georgia Institute of Technology, Carollo Engineering, Eastman Chemical, Electric Power Research Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, BlueTech Research, California Department of Water Resources (funding partner) | $561,377 | $970,295 |
| Application of Next-Generation Desalination to Agricultural Drainage Management | University of California, Berkeley | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California State Water Resource Control Board (funding partner | $653,988 | $916,381 |
| Robust Technology and Policy Pathways for Municipal Water Security | Stanford University | California Department of Water Resources (funding partner) | $500,000 | $809,045 |
| Advanced Process Controls – Autonomous Control and Optimization | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Baylor University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado Springs Utilities, inCTRL Solutions Inc., IntelliFlux Controls Inc., Rockwell Automation | $1,983,149 | $2,948,330 |
| Process Twins for Decision-Support and Dynamic Energy/Cost Prediction in Water Reuse Processes | University of California, Irvine | Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Brown and Caldwell, Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, Orange County Water District | $1,000,000 | $1,522,000 |
| Analytics for Causal Analysis and Decision Support Models for Autonomous and Smart Water Treatment | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | University of California, Los Angeles, California State University, San Bernadino, California Department of Water Resources (funding partner) | $392,724 | $1,962,724 |
| Tailored Reductants for Selenium Removal in Iron Electrocoagulation | Washington University in St. Louis | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Electric Power Research Institute, WaterTectonics | $790,169 | $1,247,960 |
| Ultra-High Pressure Reverse Osmosis membrane and Module Design and Optimization | University of California, Los Angeles | University of Connecticut, Yale University, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, California Department of Water Resources (funding partner) | $1,742,769 | $3,304,449 |
| Additive Manufacturing for Customized Membranes Process | University of Connecticut | University of Texas at Austin, Argonne National Laboratory, NALA Systems, Vortex Engineering, Zwitter Co. | $2,025,204 | $2,705,297 |
| Electromagnetic Field for Membrane Scaling Control | New Mexico State University | Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Aqua Membranes, El Paso Water, EVUS Inc., FLOW-Tech, New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium, NGL | $1,000,000 | $1,337,988 |
| Electrocoagulation/Electrooxidation to Accelerate Cost-Effective Potable Water Reuse | Texas A&M University | Oak Ridge National Laboratory, CAP Holding, KIT Professionals, Orange County Water District, WaterTectonics | $1,039,179 | $1,443,326 |
| Enabling Minimal Liquid Discharge Through a Modular, Flexible, and Electrified Pretreatment System | University of California, Los Angeles | Georgia Institute of Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville Utilities Board, Southern Company, WaterTectonics | $847,531 | $2,357,415 |
| Direct Electrochemical Reduction of Selenium to Achieve A-PRIME Water Treatment | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Auburn University, Rice University, Stanford University, DeNora, Electric Power Research Institute, California Department of Water Resources (funding partner) | $1,675,000 | $2,516,739 |
| Selective Separation of Selenium Oxyanions by Chelating Hydrogen-Bonding Ligands | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Georgia Institute of Technology, Tennessee Valley Authority, ReactWell, LLC. | $1,510,999 | $2,000,000 |
| Porous Polymer Networks and Membranes for PFAS and Selenium Removal from Water | University of California, Berkeley | Colorado School of Mines, Electric Power Research Institute, California Department of Water Resources (funding partner) | $1,499,965 | $2,065,910 |
| Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation | University of California, Berkeley | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California State Water Resource Control Board (funding partner) | $508,422 | $1,072,423 |