The Latest Water Research Foundation Reports

Below you will find the latest reports published by The Water Research Foundation as of January 2019

Report Title	Research Area	Project Number
Methods for Integrity Testing and Online Monitoring of NF and RO Membranes This research evaluates scientifically proven methods for integrity monitoring of RO membranes to provide a better understanding of the performance of these methods for widespread application in the industry.	Water Reuse	Reuse-12-07/ 4757
Challenges and Practical Approaches to Water Reuse Pricing This project evaluated challenges and practical approaches to water reuse pricing.	Water Reuse	4662
Investigation of Buried Large-Diameter Steel Pipes with Controlled Low-Strength Material The purpose of this project was to enhance the current standard pipeline design specification for steel pipes.	Asset Management	4587
Optimization and Design of a Side-Stream EBPR Process as a Sustainable Approach for Achieving Stable and Efficient Phosphorus Removal This research examines a new side-stream EBPR process (S2EBPR) that uses a side-stream anaerobic biological sludge hydrolysis and fermentation reactor to address the common challenge in EBPR related to weak wastewater influent and to improve EBPR process stability.	Nutrients	U1R13
Evaluation and Optimization of Microcystin Analytical Methods The goal of this project was to identify and compare the strengths and weaknesses of the Ohio EPA ADDA-ELISA method and EPA Method 544, Determination of Microcystins and Nodularin in Drinking Water by Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) and Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS).	Drinking Water	4647
Forging Powerful and Sustainable Relationships Between Clean Water Agencies and the Community This project investigated how clean water agencies (CWAs) can leverage emotional motivators in public engagement programs to create longstanding relationships with the community.	Integrated Water	4678
Literature Review: Advancing Understanding of Microbiomes in Drinking Water Distribution Systems and Premise Plumbing Using Meta-omics Techniques This project supported the National Science Foundation workshop (project 4733) by developing a literature review report on the status of drinking water microbiome studies using meta-omics techniques.	Drinking Water	4700
Impact of EBPR on Dewaterability This research evaluates the impact of chemical conditioning to improve or recover the dewaterability of digested solids, both enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) solids and non-EBPR solids, in terms of cake concentration and interstitial water.	Nutrients	NUTR5R14d/ 4827
Resilient Water Infrastructure: Improving Understanding and Assessing Needs The long-term goal of this research is to drive water utilities to become more resilient enterprises.	Asset Management	4707
Predicting Reverse Osmosis Removal of Unique Organics This research provides insight into the removal of individual organics for potable reuse applications using reverse osmosis and includes an Excel-based Tool to calculate the mass transfer coefficients of organics.	Water Reuse	Reuse-14-19/ 4769
Carlsbad Desalinated Seawater Integration Study This comprehensive full-scale study examines the impact of integrating seawater desalinated via reverse osmosis (SWRO) water into existing regional supplies of disparate quality.	Water Reuse Desalination	Desal-15-06/ 4773
Agricultural Use of Recycled Water: Impediments and Incentives This research employed multiple methods to evaluate the impediments and incentives impacting the use of recycled water in agriculture, and how their relevance differed among different stakeholder groups.	Water Reuse	Reuse-15-08/ 4775