Emerging Technology Projects
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| Australia |
Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and
Treatment |
| AU-3 |
A Modeling Toolbox for Distribution System Management |
| AU-5 |
Fouling of Membranes by Natural Organic Matter |
| AU-7 |
Software Modeling of Enhanced Coagulation |
| AU-9 |
Modeling Tools for Reservoir Management |
| Canada |
Drinking Water Research Group |
Ontario Ministry of the Environment |
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NSERC Chair in Water Treatment |
Canadian Water Network |
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Walkerton Clean Water |
| CA-13 |
Arsenic in Drinking Water-Speciation, Human Exposure and Health Effects
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| CA-15 |
Assessment of Health Risks Associated with Viruses in Groundwater Supplies
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| CA-17 |
Novel Characterization of New Disinfection By-Products and Health Risk
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| CA-19 |
Tapping in Consumers’ Perceptions of Health Risks in Municipal Water Supplies
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| CA-21 |
Understanding the Biologic Mechanism for a Relationship Between Exposure to Trihalomethanes and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
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| CA-23 |
Advanced Water Treatment of Estuarine Water Supplies for Improving Water Quality
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| CA-25 |
Advancement of Membrane Processes for Canadian Drinking Water Treatment Facilities
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| CA-27 |
Integrated UV Disinfection Strategies |
| CA-29 |
UV-based Advanced Oxidation for Taste and Odour Control in Drinking Water
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| CA-31 |
Simplified Tests for Determining GAC Exhaustion in Drinking Water |
| CA-33 |
Treatment of Emerging Contaminants in Concentrate Generated from Wastewater Effluent Treatment by Membrane
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| CA-35 |
Removal of Selected Pharmaceutically Active Compounds by Water Treatment Processes
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| CA-37 |
Detection of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Source Waters by Quantitative (Real-time) Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification
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| CA-39 |
Detection and UV Inactivation of Identified Pathogens Present in Source Waters used for Drinking Water Treatment
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| CA-41 |
Enhancing the Sustainability and Applicability of Membrane Processes for Drinking Water Treatment
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| CA-43 |
Examining the Relationship Between Community Health Data and Pathogen Occurrence in Two Geographically Distinct Watersheds
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| CA-45 |
Optimization of Ozone Disinfection Performance Based on Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis
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| CA-47 |
Effects of UV and UV/H202 Treatment of Drinking Water on Chemical By-products
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| CA-49 |
Organic Chloramines – Occurrence and Analytical Methods |
| CA-51 |
Development of Novel Membranes to Remove Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs) from Drinking Water Sources
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| CA-53 |
Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds Occurrence, Fate and Transport in the Great Lakes Water Supplies and the Effect of Advanced Treatment Processes on their Removal
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| Czech Republic |
Water & Environmental
Technology Team |
| CZ-3 |
Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of Removal of Algal Organic Matter (AOM) During Water Treatment
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| CZ-5 |
Chitosan in Treatment of Humic Waters |
| CZ-7 |
Auditing of Technological Processes as a Tool to Improve Treatment Plant Performance
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| CZ-9 |
Environmental Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Sediments of Small Streams in Czech Republic
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| CZ-13 |
Recovery and Reuse of Water Treatment Sludge |
| Denmark |
DHI
Water & Environment |
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| Germany |
Water Technology Center (TZW) |
| GE-3 |
Determination of Maximal Runtime for GAC-Filters as Security Step |
| GE-5 |
Removal of Uranium During Drinking Water Treatment Subproject III: Testing Filters
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| GE-7 |
Turbidity Removal by Bag and Cartridge Filters in Small Systems |
| GE-9 |
Characterization of Fouling Potential of Raw Water During Drinking Water Treatment by Low Pressure Membranes (Micro- and Ultrafiltration)
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| GE-11 |
Investigations on the Occurrence of Perfluoralkyl Compounds in German Drinking Water Resources
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| GE-13 |
Removal and Fate of EDCs and PPCPs in Bank Filtration Systems |
| GE-15 |
Strategies Against Cyanobacteria in Drinking Water – TOXIC |
| GE-17 |
Strategy for a Safe Disinfection of Bromide, Ammonia and Algae Containing Waters by Chlorine Dioxide
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| GE-19 |
Remediation of Nitrate Contaminated Groundwater by Means of Agricultural Measures – Perspectives of Success
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| GE-21 |
Development of a Bio-Electro-Process for In-situ remediation of Chloroethene Contaminated Sites
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| GE-23 |
Developing the Requirements for Slip Additives in Water Distribution Systems
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| GWRC |
The Global Water Research Coalition |
| GW-5 |
GWRC EDC Research Activities |
| GW-9 |
Guidance Manual for the Management of Toxic Algae |
| GW-11 |
Workshop on Analysis, Toxicity, Occurrence, Fate and Removal of Nitrosamines in the Water Cycle
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| GW-13 |
Water Reuse |
| GW-15 |
Asset Management |
| GW-19 |
Membrane Bioreactors (MBR) |
| Italy |
AMGA Foundation |
| IT-3 |
Boron Contamination of Water Resources in Tuscany ( Italy) |
| IT-5 |
Endocrine Disrupters in Drinking Water |
| IT-7 |
Development of Advanced Methods for the “Quasi Real-Time” Quantification of Faecal Indicators in Surface Water
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| IT-11 |
Technologies for Nickel Removal from Drinking Water |
| IT-13 |
Risk Assessment for Groundwater Nitrate Pollution in the Tuscany Coastal Area (Italy)
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| IT-15 |
Regulatory Models of the Water Industry in the U.S.A. and in Europe |
| IT-17 |
Pilot Plant Evaluation of Ultrafiltration Membrane and Pretreatments of Surface Water for Drinking Water Production: A Case Study
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| IT-23 |
WATERPIPE: Integrated High Resolution Imaging Ground Penetrating Radar and Decision Support System for WATER PIPEline Rehabilitation
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| Netherland |
Kiwa Water Research |
| NE-3 |
TECHNEAU |
| NE-5 |
Adaptive Water Supply Strategies to Cope with Global Changes |
| NE-7 |
Advanced Monitoring Technologies for Chemical Pollutants |
| NE-9 |
Beneficial Health Effects of Drinking Water |
| NE-11 |
Low Pressure UV Oxidation |
| NE-13 |
Discoloured Water |
| NE-15 |
Assessment of Pipe Integrity |
| NE-17 |
Intelligent Water Meters
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| New Zealand |
Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR) |
| NZ-5 |
Modeling the Influence of Clustered On-Site Waste Disposal Systems on Groundwater Quality
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| NZ-7 |
An Animal Faecal Microbe Reservoir Model for Grazing Cattle |
| NZ-9 |
Microbial Survival in Sediments |
| Singapore |
Public Utilities Board |
| SG-3 |
Variable Salinity Plant (VSP) |
| South Africa |
Water Research Commission |
| SA-3 |
An Illustrated Guide to Basic Water Purification Operations |
| SA-5 |
Effective De-Aeration of Pipelines |
| SA-9 |
The Use of Inverse Transients to Determine the Existence, Location and Size of Free Air in a Pipeline
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| SA-11 |
Enhanced Floating Media Separation (EFMS) |
| SA-13 |
Optimizing Water Distribution Systems Using Genetic Algorithms |
| SA-17 |
Limestone Teeter Bed Reactor (LTBR) for the Stabilization of Potable Water Derived from Soft, Acid Water Sources and the Removal of Organic Colour
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| SA-19 |
Nanoporous Polymers for Removing Odor Causing Organic Pollutants in Water
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| SA-21 |
Polyelectrolyte Determination in Drinking Water |
| SA-23 |
The Effect of Pressure on Leakage from Water Distribution Systems |
| SA-25 |
Determining the Presence and Resistance of Biofilm in Pipelines and Development of a Continuous Monitoring System
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| Sweden |
Chalmers University of Technology |
| SE-3 |
Risk Analysis – From Source to Tap in Drinking Water Systems |
| SE-5 |
Risk Characterization And Protection In Raw Water Sources |
| SE-7 |
Consumer Attitude and Trust in Urban Water Supply |
| SE-9 |
Food And Water Flagship Program - Secure Ecosystem Services For A Nourished World |
| Switzerland |
Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science
and Technology (EAWAG) |
| SW-3 |
Assimilable Organic Carbon (AOC) Determination and Interpretation |
| SW-5 |
Kinetics of the Oxidation of Phenols and Phenolic Endocrine Disruptors during Water Treatment with Ferrate
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| SW-7 |
Ozonation by Means of Membranes |
| SW-9 |
Combination of Ozone with Activated Carbon an Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP)
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| United Kingdom |
UK Water Industry Research |
| UK-3 |
Research Strategy for Asset Management |
| United States |
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) |
| US-3 |
Factors Affecting the Formation of NDMA in Water and Occurrence (Project
2678) |
| US-5 |
Verification and Control of Pressure Transients and Intrusion in Distribution Systems (Project 2686 )
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| US-7 |
Fate and Transport of Surface Water Pathogens in Watersheds
(Project 2694) |
| US-11 |
Hydrodynamic Distribution of Pathogens in Lakes and Reservoirs
(Project 2752 ) |
| US-13 |
Evaluation of Conventional and Advanced Treatment Processes to Remove Endocrine Disruptors and Pharmaceutically Active Compounds (Project 2758 )
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| US-17 |
Development of a Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration Knowledge Base
(Project 2763 ) |
| US-19 |
Risk Analysis Strategies for More Credible and Defensible Utility Decisions (Project 2939 )
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| US-21 |
Contribution of Wastewater to DBP Formation
(Project 2948 ) |
| US-23 |
Cyber-Security for SCADA Systems
(Project 2969 ) |
| US-25 |
Performance Modification Via Membrane Stretching
(Project 2994 ) |
| US-27 |
DBP Control by Modified Activated Carbons
(Project 2998 ) |
| US-29 |
Susceptibility of Distribution Systems to Negative Pressure Transients
(Project 3008) |
| US-31 |
Development of an Infectivity Assay for Noroviruses in Cells
(Project 3027 ) |
| US-33 |
Toxicological Relevance of Endocrine Disruptors and Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water(Project 3085 )
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| US-35 |
Assessment of Inorganics Accumulation in Drinking Water System Scales and Sediments (Project 3118 )
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| US-37 |
Variations in Watershed Pathogen Concentrations for Risk Management and Load Estimations (Project 3124 )
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| US-39 |
Triple Bottom Line Reporting: A Concept to Support Water Utility Sustainability
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