Cooperative Agreement AID111A1700005

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $600,493.97 Cooperative Agreement to Pure Blue TECH Inc., doing business as Pure Blue, under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560). The funding supports the manufacturing and field piloting of novel anti-fouling nanopatterned ultrasonic reverse osmosis (RO) membrane elements for efficient, high-recovery desalination of brackish water and purification of surface water. The key innovation is the...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Pure Blue TECH Inc. received a $601,287 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act – Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560), awarded December 16, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2027. The project deliverables include the prototype and pilot deployment of Sensor Integrated Reverse Osmosis (SIRO) membrane elements and an accompanying digital monitoring system designed to enhance desalination...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $300,000 to Arizona State University (ASU) to investigate technologies for maximizing the use of water as a resource and extracting resources found in water. The project examines efforts to make wastewater usable through membrane-based filtration technologies and retrofittable fermenters, and explores the social and environmental implications of these...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $575,089.48 Cooperative Agreement under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) to Natural Ocean Well CO. on March 19, 2024. The project proposes to install and evaluate a submerged water filtration system in the Las Virgenes Reservoir. Submerged water filtration is an unconventional approach that can reduce energy requirements by leveraging natural hydrostatic pressure, while also protecting the system from atmospheric climate...

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $49,181,956 Cooperative Agreement under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504) to Monterey One Water. The funding supports the Pure Water Monterey Project and Expanded Pure Water Monterey Project, which will replenish the Seaside Groundwater Basin with 3,500 acre-feet per year of purified recycled water. This will help balance the basin's safe yield and mitigate seawater intrusion. The projects...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445), will fund the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR) to accelerate career tracks in the water utilities sector and provide access to water utility workforce opportunities. The key activities include establishing education and training programs, such as internships and apprenticeships,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) program (CFDA 15.506) is funding the development of a novel batch-operated reverse osmosis desalination process called "batch counterflow reverse osmosis." The $490,305.48 award to Purdue University aims to create the first experimental lab-scale demonstration of this technology and develop a fundamental understanding of its...

This $2,000,000 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504), will support the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board in conducting a feasibility study, alternatives analysis, preliminary design, environmental impact studies, and compliance analysis activities for a water reuse solution at the Upper Valley Water Treatment Plant. The key objectives of the project...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) provides $449,842 to Arizona State University (ASU) to empower diverse cohorts of undergraduate and graduate students to conduct interdisciplinary, community-based water resources research in the Vilcanota Urubamba Basin in Peru. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Training and empowering three diverse student cohorts from Rutgers...

This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will support a collaborative research project at the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside). The project aims to develop a user-interactive approach to water management for sustainable data centers. Key objectives include: Designing a fair and accurate water accounting system to track water footprints at both the user and facility levels....