Project Grant 047905143

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 $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 Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,001,044.18 Cooperative Agreement to Carollo Engineers Inc. on August 24, 2023 under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560). The project will test an in-situ resin regeneration process using bicarbonate for potable water reuse applications. This approach aims to remove dissolved organic matter and inorganic anions such as nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, and others from the water without producing the large...

This $43,710,750 Cooperative Agreement award, provided 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 City of Morro Bay's development of a new Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) project. The key products and services to be delivered include: Constructing an advanced water purification facility capable of producing up to 887 acre-feet per year of recycled water for groundwater recharge...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Desalination Research and Development Program (CFDA 15.506) provides $733,555.62 to support field testing of advanced reverse osmosis water treatment technologies. The project aims to demonstrate the performance of "batch reverse osmosis" and "active reverse osmosis" membrane systems in treating high total dissolved solids brackish groundwater with mineral scaling...

The City of Palo Alto was awarded a $58,196,269 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504). The purpose of the award is to construct an Advanced Water Purification System (AWPS) at the city's Regional Water Quality Control Plant. The AWPS will use membrane filtration and reverse osmosis to reduce total dissolved solids in the recycled water from 770-1,100 mg/L to 400-500...

The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District received a $41,401,172 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504). The funding will support the construction of an Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) to treat tertiary effluent for indirect potable reuse, as well as pipelines to convey source water, purified water, and reverse osmosis concentrate. This project, known as the...

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...

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 federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $483,623.40 and funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Desalination Research and Development Program (CFDA 15.506), aims to optimize the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water and wastewater through enhanced coagulation and flocculation processes. The project, led by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), will investigate the use of hydrophobic ion-pairing as a...