Cooperative Agreement 83382201

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop a real-time forecasting system that predicts drinking water quality in three Appalachian reservoirs. The project, titled "RAISE: Building Resilience to Earth System Hazards: Forecasting Drinking Water Quality with Real-Time Integrated Catchment...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $550,000 to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology over a 5-year period starting September 1, 2025. The project will use machine learning to identify high-risk disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in drinking water and develop strategies to reduce their presence. Key objectives include: 1) creating a database of regulated and unregulated DBPs to address data gaps; 2) prioritizing...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $477,883 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. The goal of this CAREER award is to test the hypothesis that local water storage can be designed to preserve or improve water quality following contamination events while achieving resiliency through interruptions to water supplies. The key objectives are to: 1) quantify the effects of contamination on the accumulation,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides $225,000 to Florida International University (FIU) to address nutrient pollution challenges in South Florida's waterways. The project will strategically deploy Productive Floating Wetlands (PFWs) to clean water while cultivating commercially valuable plants, demonstrating the potential for...

This $558,005 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) will fund a 3-year study on the occurrence, bioaccumulation, and biomagnification of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in natural and constructed wetlands. The key objectives are to: 1) understand if PFAS concentrations increase through the wetland food chain and evaluate the ability of wetlands to remove these chemicals; 2)...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $254,976 Project Grant to Resbonds International Corporation through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a digital platform for assessing water quality at urban-watershed interfaces. The platform will integrate physical data from advanced monitoring systems with artificial intelligence to serve as a scalable analytics platform using environmental, economic, and social data. It aims to help cities and utilities finance infrastructure projects...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $214,221 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to evaluate the impact of extreme heat on the efficacy of drinking water disinfection and develop engineering solutions to increase resilience in drinking water distribution systems. The key objectives of this 10-month project are to understand the risks that extreme heat events pose to the microbial and...

This $499,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) will fund research at Cornell University to advance optimization frameworks for multi-use water management in the Delaware River Basin. The project aims to clarify tradeoffs and vulnerabilities in the basin's water management strategies under the impacts of climate change, shifting human system demands, and land use changes. Key...

This EPA Region 5 Formula Grant under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454) provides $805,000 to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) to fund water quality planning and monitoring activities across the state. The key activities include: Monitoring for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Indiana fish tissue Developing watershed management plans for the Upper East Fork Whitewater River and Mill Creek Conducting monitoring projects on the Ohio...

The University of Vermont & State Agricultural College received a $499,122 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) to conduct research on the impact of extreme hydrological events on cyanobacteria blooms in eutrophic lake ecosystems. The project aims to integrate field surveys and ecosystem modeling to comprehensively understand the mechanistic drivers of harmful algal blooms and their...