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Number |
Research Area |
Lessons Learned: Developing Solutions to Operational Side Effects Associated with Co-Digestion of High Strength Organic Wastes
This report presents research collected from over 40 facilities that have implemented or have considered implementing co-digestion.
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ENER8R13 |
Energy |
Public-Private Partnership Opportunities for Water and Water Resource Recovery Utility Energy Projects (WRF Project 4634)
The objective of this project was to develop a Best Practices Guide to help water and wastewater utilities undertake energy projects through public-private partnerships.
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ENER18C15 |
Energy |
Use of Heated Metal Oxide Particles as Adsorbents for Membrane Fouling Reduction in Water Reuse and Desalination Applications
This research examines heated metal oxide particles (HMOPs), which include heated aluminum oxide particles (HAOPs) and heated iron oxide particles (HIOPs), both of which part of this relatively new class of adsorbents.
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Reuse-14-09 |
Water Reuse, Desalination |
Guidelines for Source Water Control Options and the Impact of Selected Strategies on Direct Potable Reuse
The research project consisted of three integrated components – a literature compendium, utility case studies, and a Guideline for Source Control and Source Water Treatment Facility Design and Operation. Together, the three documents provide information that facilities can use to implement their own source control programs, especially in cases where a move to potable reuse is in progress or in their future. The Guidelines provide objectives for the development of these programs, as well as design considerations related to advanced water purification and source water treatment facility operational issues that impact IPR/DPR systems.
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Reuse-13-12 |
Water Reuse |
White Paper on the Feasibility of Establishing a Framework for Public Health Monitoring of Direct Potable Reuse
This white paper will help utilities and public agencies determine if output from a public health surveillance system can be used to investigate whether a public health alert was caused by possible drinking water contamination resulting from a direct potable reuse system.
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Reuse-14-14 |
Water Reuse |
Understanding Impacts of Co-Digestion: Digester Chemistry, Gas Production, Dewaterability, Solids Production, Cake Quality, and Economics
This research examined many of the possible side effects of co-waste addition, and how changes in the type of high strength waste co-waste added to an anaerobic digester altered the outcome.
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ENER12R13 |
Energy |
Impacts of Mainstream Low DO Conditions at a Full-Scale MBR Water Reuse
This research sought to develop and implement a comprehensive operational strategy that relies on enhanced automation of aeration control to optimize process performance under a low dissolved oxygen operation technology.
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Reuse-13-08 |
Water Reuse |
Co-Digestion of Organic Waste Addressing Operational Side Effects
This study evaluates side effects associated with co-digestion of high-strength waste and wastewater solids at water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs).
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ENER9C13 |
Energy |
Controlling Trace Organic Compounds Using Alternative, Non-FAT Technology for Potable Water Reuse
This research investigates the potential for non-FAT technology systems – ion exchange (IX), biological activated carbon (BAC), and AOP – to treat wastewater effluent for removal of trace organic compounds (TOrCs) for potable water reuse applications.
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Reuse-13-10 |
Water Reuse |
International Stormwater BMP Database: 2016 Summary Statistics
This research provides a summary of BMP performance for total suspended solids, nutrients, metals, and bacteria for the most commonly monitored and reported BMP types available in the 2016 release of the International BMP Database.
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03-SW-1COh
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Stormwater |
Energy Recovery from Thermal Oxidation of Wastewater Solids: State-of-Science Review
This research provides a state-of-science review of energy recovery from thermal oxidation of wastewater solids.
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ENER13T14 |
Energy
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Fostering Innovation Within Water Utilities
This research provides information to assist utilities seeking to foster innovation and manage ideas as valuable resources.
|
LIFT11C15 |
Energy, Integrated Water |
Beyond Nutrients: Recovering Carbon and Other Commodity Products from Wastewater
This research evaluates the feasibility of recovering non-nutrient commodity product categories including volatile fatty acids (VFAs), polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), alcohols, and the inorganic products hydrogen peroxide and caustic (sodium hydroxide) from wastewater.
|
NTRY3R13 |
Resource Recovery |
Drivers, Hindrances, Planning, and Benefits Quantification: Economic Pathways and Partners for Water Reuse and Stormwater Harvesting
This research focuses on the drivers, hindrances, and planning of water reuse projects and reports on how utilities that have and have not built reuse projects see them differently.
Executive Summary (PDF)
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SIWM8R14 |
Integrated Water |
Renewable Energy Production from DoD Installation Solid Wastes by Anaerobic Digestion
This demonstration was used to validate anaerobic digestion of U.S. Department of Defense wastes as a viable means of disposal and renewable energy generation.
Executive Summary (PDF)
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ENER14R14 |
Energy |
A Blueprint for High-Tech Analysis of Low-Tech Methods for Sustainable Class A Biosolids Production: Phase 1
This research provides a blueprint for WRRFs interested in evaluating LCLT Class A biosolids treatment methods at the pilot scale and provides sampling parameters including the type of container to use, preservation, and maximum holding times.
Executive Summary (PDF)
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NTRY11T15 |
Resource Recovery, Biosolids |
Testing and Refinement of the Trace Organics Screening Tool
This research provides a useful and usable screening framework for utility managers to assess the potential risk to aquatic life from discharges that may contain TOrCs.
Executive Summary (PDF)
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CEC6R12 |
Compounds of Emerging Concern |
Risk-Based Framework for the Development of Public Health Guidance for Decentralized Non-Potable Water Systems
This project developed a risk-based framework to establish scale-appropriate water quality criteria for decentralized non-potable water systems that protect public health.
Executive Summary (PDF)
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SIWM10C15 |
Integrated Water |
Simple and Fast Detection of Escherichia coli in Recreational Waters
This research resulted in the development of two products which can serve as key resources to transform current recreational water quality monitoring programs, allowing for testing at the point of contamination and results in hours instead of days.
Executive Summary (PDF)
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U4R13 |
Pathogens |
Potential for Exposure to Ebola Virus Surrogates Aerosolized from Wastewater Systems
This research assessed the potential for inhalation exposure to aerosolized Ebola virus surrogates in wastewater systems, including toilets, aeration basins, and sewers.
Executive Summary (PDF)
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WERF2C15 |
Pathogens |
Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Anaerobic Digester CHP Projects In New York State
This research presents the results of one-on-one interviews with wastewater utility staff to document factors that drive biogas energy projects forward and those that hold them back
Executive Summary (PDF)
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ENER7C13e |
Energy |
Producing Value-Added Biopolymer from Methane Gas Generated by Water Resource Recovery Facilities
This project explored optimal integration of biopolymer production and water resource recovery facility (WRRF) processes.
Executive Summary (PDF)
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NTRY5R14 |
Resource Recovery |
A Framework for the Successful Implementation of On-site Industrial Water Reuse
This report highlights common opportunities for water reuse and conservation in industrial facilities.
Executive Summary (PDF)
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Reuse-14-04 |
Water Reuse |