Desalination and Water Purification Research Program: Research Projects FY25
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- R24AS00421
- Agency
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Bureau of Reclamation
Department of the Interior
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $800,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Individuals
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Special District Governments
- Small Businesses
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- County Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- City/Township Governments
- For Profit Organizations
- State Governments
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation is seeking applicants to conduct research projects related to water treatment and desalination technologies through the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program. The NOFO invites proposals that address objectives such as reducing the cost, energy consumption, and environmental impacts of treating impaired water, improving membrane technologies, developing next-generation desalination systems, and enhancing concentrate management and byproduct recovery. Eligible applicant types include state/local governments, tribes, higher education institutions, non-profits, for-profit organizations, and individuals. Applications will be evaluated based on technical merit, overall innovation, and the potential for the research to achieve the program's goals. The deadline for submitting proposals is November 13, 2024.
Approximately $2 million in total funding is available, with individual awards ranging up to $250,000 for laboratory-scale projects and $800,000 for pilot-scale projects. Projects must be completed within 24 months for laboratory-scale and 36 months for pilot-scale work. The Bureau of Reclamation's Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in New Mexico and Water Quality Improvement Center in Arizona may be available as testing locations if needed.
Synopsis
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Update #2 · Latest ·
The funds provided through this NOFO will be available for selected recipients to conduct water treatment related research. Reclamation's Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility (BGNDRF) in Alamogordo, New Mexico, and Water Quality Improvement Center (WQIC) in Yuma, Arizona, may be available if a location for testing is needed.This DWPR Research NOFO invites applicants to address any of the following objectives:Develop or improve process or approaches to reduce the cost, energy consumption, feasibility, and/or environmental impacts of treating impaired water to standards necessary for an identified beneficial useImprove existing membrane technologies, including reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, nanofiltration, membrane filtration, and pretreatment processesCarry out basic and applied research on next-generation desalination technologies, including improved energy recovery systems and renewable energy-powered desalination systemsDevelop cost-effective approaches for concentrate management that address feasibility, cost, and/or environmental impactsDevelop technologies or processes for the selective removal of nutrients and other target contaminantsStudy methods for the recovery of byproducts resulting from desalination to offset the costs of treatment and to reduce environmental impacts from those byproductsDevelop improved intake/outfall methods at coastal facilities to minimize marine environment impacts such as impingement of larger organisms, entrainment of smaller ones, and impacts to benthic communitiesDevelop a better understanding of pathogen removal efficiencies and the variability of performance in various unit processes in reuse scenariosIdentify better indicators and surrogates to monitor process performance in desalination and reuse scenarios and develop online real-time or near real-time analytical monitoring techniques for their measurementDevelop a better understanding of the formation of hazardous and other transformation products during water treatment for reuse and ways to minimize or remove themImprove the detection, characterization, monitoring, and separation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and other contaminants of concernDevelop new technologies or processes for the destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and other contaminants of concern
Update #1 ·
The funds provided through this NOFO will be available for selected recipients to conduct water treatment related research. Reclamation's Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility (BGNDRF) in Alamogordo, New Mexico, and Water Quality Improvement Center (WQIC) in Yuma, Arizona, may be available if a location for testing is needed.This DWPR Research NOFO invites applicants to address any of the following objectives:Develop or improve process or approaches to reduce the cost, energy consumption, feasibility, and/or environmental impacts of treating impaired water to standards necessary for an identified beneficial useImprove existing membrane technologies, including reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, nanofiltration, membrane filtration, and pretreatment processesCarry out basic and applied research on next-generation desalination technologies, including improved energy recovery systems and renewable energy-powered desalination systemsDevelop cost-effective approaches for concentrate management that address feasibility, cost, and/or environmental impactsDevelop technologies or processes for the selective removal of nutrients and other target contaminantsStudy methods for the recovery of byproducts resulting from desalination to offset the costs of treatment and to reduce environmental impacts from those byproductsDevelop improved intake/outfall methods at coastal facilities to minimize marine environment impacts such as impingement of larger organisms, entrainment of smaller ones, and impacts to benthic communitiesDevelop a better understanding of pathogen removal efficiencies and the variability of performance in various unit processes in reuse scenariosIdentify better indicators and surrogates to monitor process performance in desalination and reuse scenarios and develop online real-time or near real-time analytical monitoring techniques for their measurementDevelop a better understanding of the formation of hazardous and other transformation products during water treatment for reuse and ways to minimize or remove themImprove the detection, characterization, monitoring, and separation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and other contaminants of concernDevelop new technologies or processes for the destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and other contaminants of concern
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| Attachment B - Budget Detail and Narrative template.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Attachment A - Budget Narrative Guidance.pdf | ||
| FY25 DWPR Research NOFO R24AS00421.pdf |
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