Cooperative Agreement R11AC81539

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $731,000 Project Grant under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504) to the Gulf Coast Water Authority (GCWA) to conduct a feasibility study for a large-scale regional seawater desalination supply project. This study aims to evaluate the potential for GCWA, a major water provider serving municipal, manufacturing, and irrigation users in the San Jacinto-Brazos Coastal and Lower Brazos River...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, under its Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) program (CFDA 15.506), awarded a $610,056 Cooperative Agreement to Pacifica Water Solutions LLC on Sep 21, 2023. The project aims to conduct extended field testing of innovative electrically conducting desalination membranes against commercial membranes over two consecutive 3-month trials. The testing will demonstrate the performance of this technology in two applications:...

Chlobis Water, Inc. received a $256,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on December 15, 2021 to develop desalination batteries for energy-efficient desalination and selective chloride removal. The project is being conducted in Madison, WI under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA #47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and innovation. Specifically, the company is...

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...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $235,400 Cooperative Agreement under the Water Desalination Research and Development program (CFDA 15.506) to Mickley & Associates LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to identify and gather detailed information on 50-70 U.S. municipal desalination facilities built since 2017 or planned through 2025. The project will document the facilities' concentrate disposal practices, treatment processes, source water,...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Reclamation, under the Water Desalination Research and Development program (CFDA 15.506), provides $713,865.71 to the Regents of the University of Colorado for a research and development project to improve reverse osmosis desalination technology. The key objectives are to integrate a smart scaling precursor detection system with a reverse osmosis demonstration unit to minimize operational issues, and to test a novel concentrate recovery...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504) to the Mesa Water District in California. The purpose of the grant is to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate alternative groundwater well locations, assess impacts of seawater intrusion, identify infrastructure needs, and analyze treatment options for a brackish groundwater desalination facility. The study aims to determine the feasibility of...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $396,545.92 Cooperative Agreement to the Regents of the University of Colorado on November 21, 2023 through the Water Desalination Research and Development program (CFDA 15.506). This project aims to develop scalable, robust, surface-patterned microporous membranes designed for a membrane distillation process to treat highly concentrated brines. Key objectives include: (1) developing a roll-to-roll manufacturing method for 8-inch wide surface-patterned...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support the development of passive solar desalination technology for produced water from oil and gas extraction sites. The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station will modify existing solar evaporation ponds using hierarchical nanstructured hydrogel materials to increase evaporation rates and superhydrophobic coatings to enhance water droplet departure on glass...

The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority (CRMWA) received a $1,924,980 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504). The grant will fund a feasibility study to evaluate the potential for using reverse osmosis desalination to remove chloride from the Canadian River and maximize the use of water from Lake Meredith. This is intended to help address the region's water supply...