The Realize Energy-rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse waters - (RECOVER) program seeks to create new ways to extract cri…
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
January 15, 2026
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The Realize Energy-rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse waters - (RECOVER) program seeks to create new ways to extract critical metals and ammonia from domestic wastewater. Specifically, the projects will develop new materials to selectively bind or react to target ions and molecules in solutions with high ionic strength, natural organic matter, and/or competing cations; and create new processes to continuously recover ammonia and critical minerals without a drop in performance over time.