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
Decision-Making Framework for the Prioritization of Research into Constituents of Concern This research provides a framework (Bayesian Network) that prioritizes research on constituents of emerging concern (CECs) for water and wastewater utilities and others including water research providers and water research agencies.	CECs	WERF3C16/4889
State of the Science and Issues Related to Heat Recovery from Wastewater This research explores the feasibility of recovering thermal energy from sewage, and what the state of current technology is for doing so.	Climate Change, Energy	ENER10C13/4788
Kinetics Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Chloramine Photolysis in Ultraviolet-driven Advanced Water Treatment This project elucidates the ultraviolet-driven advanced oxidation process (AOP) of trace organic contaminants in wastewater effluent on the basis of one oxidant (i.e., chloramine).	Water Reuse	4699
Guidance Manual for Monitoring Biological Filtration of Drinking Water The ultimate goal of this research was to integrate monitoring and control components to enable robust process monitoring and control for biofiltration.	Drinking Water	4620
Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Wastewater This project quantifies the potential recovery and commoditization of rare earth elements (REE) from municipal wastewater and biosolids.	Resource Recovery	NTRY8R15b/ 4824
Guidance on Implementing an Effective Water Loss Control Plan This project created a Guidance Manual and Decision Framework to help North American water utilities develop actionable, cost-effective, and defensible water loss reduction and control plans.	Drinking Water	4695
Hybrid NF-RO Sodium Chloride Removal Process Pilot Study This research presents a novel approach to salinity control of reclaimed water that can yield substantially reduced costs for membrane concentrate disposal.	Water Reuse	Reuse-17-01/ 4831
Workshop: Advancing Understanding of Microbiomes in Drinking Water Distribution Systems and Premise Plumbing Using Meta-omics Techniques This NSF Workshop examined the feasibility and practicality of meta-omics techniques to analyze microbiome-engineered water systems and to identify areas for collaboration and synergy in research focused on the understanding of microbiomes in water.	Drinking Water	4733
Case Study on Barriers and Solutions for Putting Innovation into Practice This case study details the experience and examines the challenges in pursuing innovation in the water sector.	Energy, LIFT	ENER11R13a/ 4789
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