Project Grant 2120090

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $989,932 to Maia Water Inc. from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026 to develop an open, AI-powered software platform for water and wastewater utilities. The platform aims to enhance operational decision-making and facilitate innovative financing for essential water infrastructure by integrating watershed models and forecasting socio-economic...

This $399,363 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program will support the development of the California Urban Water Efficiency Data Platform. Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. will create an online software platform to assist California's urban water suppliers in tracking, quality controlling, and analyzing water production and demand data. The platform aims to help agencies evaluate current water efficiency levels,...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $817,920 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to the Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), Inc., a non-profit organization, for the Open Analytics for Advanced Metering Infrastructure (OAAMI) project. The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, seeks to develop an open-source library of data adapters to seamlessly import, analyze, and manage both historical and near real-time...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $300,000 to the University of Southern California (USC) to investigate how new technologies for water resource extraction, such as membrane-based filtration and retrofittable fermenters, can address anticipated challenges of water scarcity and resource insecurity. The project aims to develop conceptual tools for understanding resource extraction in a...

This $200,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation project grant, awarded to Purdue University, aims to develop approaches for the joint operation of coupled municipal drinking water and electric power distribution networks. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year project include: Developing operational planning and real-time control strategies for these coupled water-power networks under uncertainty. Designing...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445), will fund Multiplier, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization, to accelerate career pathways in the water utilities sector. Specifically, the $760,463 award will enable Multiplier to establish leadership development, occupational training, mentoring, and cross-training programs that prepare incumbent drinking water and...

This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office for Water totals $314,079 under the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445). The grant supports the Institute for Future Water Leaders, a collaboration between Syracuse University, Wichita State University, and the University of New Mexico. Products include instructional content and training modules addressing foundational and emerging topics for water and wastewater...

This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides full federal funding to the San Juan Water District (SJWD) to implement the Kokila Reservoir Replacement Project. The key activities to be performed include constructing a replacement reservoir by taking the existing reservoir offline, draining it, and regrading the site to accommodate a fixed-wall tank. The anticipated...

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...

This $620,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) supports South Dakota State University in developing a scalable decision support tool (S-DST) for equitable water resource allocation and drought mitigation in the Missouri River Basin. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year project include: (1) analyzing climate change projections to assess drought risks, (2)...