Project Grant R21AP10352

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. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $391,660.68 Cooperative Agreement to the Regents of the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) under the Water Desalination Research and Development program (CFDA 15.506). The goal of this 2-year project is to test a novel vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light-driven photochemical process for treating nitrate and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from inland desalination brine. The project will develop an innovative VUV system to overcome...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,468,904 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the City of Fresno, California. The purpose of the grant is to install a manganese dioxide filtration system with pre-oxidation at Pump Station 345-1 to remove iron, manganese, and hydrogen sulfide from the groundwater prior to distribution to the public. The project will include installing a wellhead treatment system, a...

The Rancho California Water District will develop a strategic plan for advanced wellhead treatment facilities to mitigate emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in the groundwater of southwestern Riverside County, California. Funded by a $800,088 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), this 3-year effort will protect a critical...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $270,000 will fund research at Health Research, Inc. from August 2022 to July 2025 to develop an integrated modeling framework for Legionella control decision support. Under the NSF Engineering (47.041) program, the grantee will advance understanding of Legionella growth in building water systems and leverage this knowledge to validate a computational model predicting potential hotspots. The model will inform quantitative microbial risk...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $16,447,858 Project Grant to the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County through the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). This funding will enable Western Municipal Water District, in partnership with Rubidoux Community Services District and Riverside Highland Water Company, to increase local potable water supply by 4,286 acre-feet per year. The project will construct three small-scale...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to the Stockton East Water District in California to construct an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) well. The ASR well will enable the District to recharge water during heavy winter flows in the Calaveras River for later beneficial use during drought or water curtailments. This added production and recharge capacity will improve the management of the District's water supplies by increasing operational...

The Goleta Water District, a U.S. local government entity serving the Goleta Valley region in California, received a $6,291,307 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant funding will enable the District to design and construct advanced groundwater treatment systems at its Airport Well to remove contaminants such as 1,4-dioxane and PFAS. This will restore the well's capacity to...

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 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560), provides $311,880.59 to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to demonstrate the use of hydrophobic ion-pairing to enhance the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from contaminated groundwater through a pilot-scale granular activated carbon (GAC) treatment system. The project aims to optimize the...