U.S. Department of Energy Awards $17.7 Million to Accelerate Energy-Efficient Water Treatment Technologies

Assessing the Impact of A-PRIME on Industrial Sector Supply Portfolios: Chemical Industry Case Study

University of Texas, Austin

Georgia Institute of Technology, Carollo Engineering, Eastman Chemical, Electric Power Research Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, BlueTech Research, California Department of Water Resources (funding partner)

$561,377

$970,295

Application of Next-Generation Desalination to Agricultural Drainage Management

University of California, Berkeley

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California State Water Resource Control Board (funding partner)

$653,988

$916,381

Robust Technology and Policy Pathways for Municipal Water Security

Stanford University

California Department of Water Resources (funding partner)

$500,000

$809,045

Advanced Process Controls – Autonomous Control and Optimization

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Baylor University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado Springs Utilities, inCtrl Solutions Inc., IntelliFlux Controls Inc., Rockwell Automation

$1,983,149

$2,948,330

Process Twins for Decision-Support and Dynamic Energy/Cost Prediction in Water Reuse Processes

University of California, Irvine

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Brown and Caldwell, Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, Orange County Water District

$1,000,000

$1,522,000

Analytics for Causal Analysis and Decision Support Models for Autonomous and Smart Water Treatment

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

University of California, Los Angeles, California State University, San Bernadino, California Department of Water Resources (funding partner)

$392,724

$1,962,724

Tailored Reductants for Selenium Removal in Iron Electrocoagulation

Washington University in St. Louis

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Electric Power Research Institute, WaterTectonics

$790,169

$1,247,960

Ultra-High Pressure Reverse Osmosis membrane and Module Design and Optimization

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Connecticut, Yale University, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, California Department of Water Resources (funding partner)

$1,742,769

$3,304,449

Additive Manufacturing for Customized Membranes Process

University of Connecticut

University of Texas at Austin, Argonne National Laboratory, NALA Systems, Vortex Engineering, Zwitter Co.

$680,093

$2,025,204

Electromagnetic Field for Membrane Scaling Control

New Mexico State University

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Aqua Membranes, El Paso Water, EVUS Inc., FLOW-Tech, New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium, NGL

$1,000,000

$1,337,988

Electrocoagulation/Electrooxidation to Accelerate Cost-Effective Potable Water Reuse

Texas A&M University

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, CAP Holding, KIT Professionals, Orange County Water District, WaterTectonics

$1,039,179

$1,443,326

Enabling Minimal Liquid Discharge Through a Modular, Flexible, and Electrified Pretreatment System

University of California, Los Angeles

Georgia Institute of Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville Utilities Board, Southern Company, WaterTectonics

$847,531

$2,357,415

Direct Electrochemical Reduction of Selenium to Achieve A-PRIME Water Treatment

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Auburn University, Rice University, Stanford University, DeNora, Electric Power Research Institute, California Department of Water Resources (funding partner)

$1,675,000

$2,516,739

Selective Separation of Selenium Oxyanions by Chelating Hydrogen-Bonding Ligands

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Georgia Institute of Technology, Tennessee Valley Authority, ReactWell, LLC.

$1,510,999

$2,000,000

Porous Polymer Networks and Membranes for PFAS and Selenium Removal from Water

University of California, Berkeley

Colorado School of Mines, Electric Power Research Institute, California Department of Water Resources (funding partner)

$1,499,965

$2,065,910

Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation

University of California, Berkeley

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California State Water Resource Control Board (funding partner)

$508,422

$564,001 (53%)