Project Grant X3831787010

The University of Vermont & State Agricultural College received a $499,122 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) to conduct research on the impact of extreme hydrological events on cyanobacteria blooms in eutrophic lake ecosystems. The project aims to integrate field surveys and ecosystem modeling to comprehensively understand the mechanistic drivers of harmful algal blooms and their...

This National Science Foundation award under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $272,578 to Oregon State University to investigate and quantify the complex processes of solute transport, mixing, and chemical reactions in partially saturated porous media. The project aims to use advanced experimental imaging techniques and numerical simulations to study how variations in water content and the physical characteristics of the porous matrix influence the fate and transport of dissolved...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $557,406.76 Cooperative Agreement to William Marsh Rice University under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560). The goal of this 18-month project, with an estimated completion date of September 2025, is to further evaluate the effectiveness of boron nitride-based photocatalytic materials for the destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in brackish groundwater and reverse osmosis...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Project Grant award of $359,636 to the University of Washington is focused on developing and evaluating novel ferrate-coated sand media for simultaneous oxidation of organic contaminants and adsorption of trace metals in water treatment applications. The key objectives are to: 1) synthesize and characterize the covalent ferrate-sand composite media; 2) investigate the media...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $297,815 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program to Nona Technologies, Inc. to develop a portable, standalone universal water purifier based on cation exchange resin (CER) ion concentration polarization (ICP) technology. The project aims to create a scalable CER-ICP cell that can purify and desalinate water, producing 5 liters per hour while operating on less than 25 watts of power....

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems award of $566,667 aims to develop an integrated technology platform that captures and transforms nitrate, a major water pollutant, into useful products. The four-year project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ECO-CBET: A PHOTOCAPACITIVE/ELECTROLYTIC REACTOR FOR CARBON NEUTRAL PRODUCTION OF CLEAN WATER AND VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS FROM NITRATE CONTAMINATED WATERS", will be led by...

This $241,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will provide a Picarro L2140-I isotopic water analyzer to Grand Valley State University (GVSU) for interdisciplinary research on hydroclimate, water cycling, and ecosystem interactions. The instrument will enable GVSU researchers and students to precisely measure variations in water isotopes to study climate change impacts, freshwater ecosystem health, and groundwater...

Hazen and Sawyer, PC was awarded a $202,837.56 cooperative agreement from the Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) to pilot an electrochemical oxidation system for treating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated concentrate from a brackish water desalination facility. The pilot project will operate an electrochemical oxidation skid to treat PFAS impaired membrane concentrate from the Brackish Groundwater National...

This $620,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey's Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) supports an interdisciplinary research project focused on understanding how daily environmental cycles impact the fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in surface waters. The project, conducted by Colorado State University in collaboration with the Colorado School of Mines, aims to: Identify PFAS presence, fate, and transport within the...

The Rutgers, The State University Research Financial Services Division was awarded a $558,001 Project Grant under the U.S. Geological Survey's Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805). This 3-year grant, awarded on January 5, 2024, will support research to investigate the occurrence, fate, and transport of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in aquifers at the USGS Cape Cod Toxic Substances Hydrology Research Site. Key research activities...