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Water Innovation Network for Sustainable Small Systems (WINSSS)

EPA Grant Number: R835602
Center: Water Innovation Network for Sustainable Small Systems
Center Director: Reckhow, David A.
Title: Water Innovation Network for Sustainable Small Systems (WINSSS)
Investigators: Reckhow, David A. , Lawler, Desmond , Kinney, Kerry A. , Speitel, Gerald E. , Boyer, Treavor H. , Dvorak, Bruce I. , Kirisits, Mary Jo , Butler, Caitlin S. , Ray, Chittaranjan , Park, Chul , Brown, Jess , Tobiason, John , Katz, Lynn , Saleh, Navid , Shenoy, Prashant , Zhang, Qiong , Lai, Rebecca , Wilson, Steven
Current Investigators: Reckhow, David A. , Lawler, Desmond , Kinney, Kerry A. , Speitel, Gerald E. , Katz, Lynn , Kirisits, Mary Jo , Ray, Chittaranjan , Tobiason, John , Boyer, Treavor H. , Zhang, Qiong , Butler, Caitlin S. , Park, Chul , Shenoy, Prashant , Saleh, Navid , Dvorak, Bruce I. , Wilson, Steven , Brown, Jess , Lai, Rebecca
Institution: University of Massachusetts - Amherst , University of Florida , University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , Carollo Engineers , University of Nebraska at Lincoln , University of South Florida , The University of Texas at Austin
Current Institution: University of Massachusetts - Amherst , The University of Texas at Austin , University of Florida , University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , University of Nebraska at Lincoln , University of South Florida , Carollo Engineers
EPA Project Officer: Aja, Hayley
Project Period: August 1, 2014 through July 31, 2017 (Extended to July 31, 2019)
Project Amount: $4,100,000
RFA: National Centers for Innovation in Small Drinking Water Systems (2013) RFA Text |  Recipients Lists
Research Category: Drinking Water , Water

Objective:

The Water Innovation Network for Sustainable Small Systems (WINSSS) brings together a national team of experts to transform drinking water treatment for small water systems (SWS) to meet the urgent need for state-of-the-art innovation, development, demonstration, and implementation of treatment, information, and process technologies in part by leveraging existing relationships with industry through the Massachusetts Water Cluster.

Approach:

WINSSS will develop a center that spans and links the continuum of technology development from idea inception through technology acceptance to expedite implementation of new practice-oriented knowledge designed to enable SWS to produce safe drinking water and operate in the most sustainable manner possible.

Expected Results:

The WINSSS Center will facilitate a clear pathway for innovation implementation by creating the following outputs: (i) novel approaches to protecting public health by controlling grouped contaminants such as organic carbon, trace organics, disinfection by-products, and nitrogenous compounds, (ii) demonstrate and pilot promising technologies previously developed under EPA’s STAR program and other programs which will minimize exposure to toxic organic contaminants as well as metals such as As, Fe, Mn, and Cr, and other inorganics such as F and sulfide, (iii) standardized testing requirements for multiple states, (iv) tools to simplify system operations such as an asset management app and a distributed sensing and monitoring notification system, (v) an extensive outreach system including a website, newsletter, workshops and presentations, webinars and educational modules, and (vi) a technology analysis database for determining a technology's suitability for implementation in small systems considering energy, sustainability, robustness, human health, and human, regulatory and system acceptance.


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Journal Article Almassi S, Li Z, Xu W, Pu C, Zeng T, Chaplin B. Simultaneous Adsorption and Electrochemical Reduction of N-Nitrosodimethylamine Using Carbon-Ti4O7 Composite Reactive Electrochemical Membranes. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019;53(2):928-937. R835602 (Final)
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  • Journal Article Almassi S, Samonte P, Li Z, Xu W, Chaplain B. Mechanistic Investigation of Haloacetic Acid Reduction Using Carbon-Ti4O7 Composite Reactive Electrochemical Membranes. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020;54(3):1982-1991. R835602 (Final)
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  • Journal Article Dasi E, Cunningham J, Talla E, Ergas S. Autotrophic denitrification supported by sphalerite and oyster shells:Chemical and microbiome analysis. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023;375(128820). R835602 (Final)
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  • Journal Article Devi, P., Thakur, A., Lai, R. Y., Saini, S., Jain, R., Kumar, P. Progress in the Materials for Optical Detection of Arsenic in Water.Trends in Analytical Chemistry 2018; 110: 97-115 R835602 (2018)
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  • Journal Article Goodwill JE, Jiang Y, Reckhow DA, Gikonyo J, Tobiason JE. Characterization of particles from ferrate preoxidation. Environmental Science & Technology 2015;49(8):4955-4962. R835602 (2016)
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  • Journal Article Goodwill JE, Jiang Y, Reckhow DA, Tobiason JE. Laboratory assessment of ferrate for drinking water treatment. Journal: American Water Works Association 2016;108(3):E164-E174. R835602 (2015)
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  • Journal Article Goodwill JE, Mai X, Jiang Y, Reckhow DA, Tobiason JE. Oxidation of manganese(II) with ferrate: stoichiometry, kinetics, products and impact of organic carbon. Chemosphere 2016;159:457-464. R835602 (2015)
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  • Journal Article Jiang Y, Goodwill JE, Tobiason JE, Reckhow DA. Effect of different solutes, natural organic matter, and particulate Fe(III) on ferrate(VI) decomposition in aqueous solutions. Environmental Science & Technology 2015;49(5):2841-2848. R835602 (2016)
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  • Journal Article Jiang Y, Goodwill JE, Tobiason JE, Reckhow DA. Bromide oxidation by ferrate(VI): the formation of active bromine and bromate. Water Research 2016;96:188-197. R835602 (2016)
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  • Journal Article Jiang Y, Goodwill JE, Tobiason JE, Reckhow DA. Impacts of ferrate oxidation on natural organic matter and disinfection byproduct precursors. Water Research 2016;96:114-125. R835602 (2016)
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  • Journal Article Li, F., Yu, Z., Han, X., Lai, R. Y. Electrochemical Aptamer-based Sensors for Food and Water Analysis:A Review Analytica Chimica Acta, 2018. R835602 (2018)
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  • Journal Article Lofti HR, Zhad Z, Lai RY. Hexavalent Chromium as an Electrocatalyst in DNA Sensing. Analytical Chemistry 2017;89(24):13342-13348. R835602 (2018)
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  • Journal Article Lynn W, Heffron J, Mayer B. Electrocoagulation as a Pretreatment for Electroxidation of E. coli. WATER 2019;11(12). R835602 (Final)
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  • Journal Article Plazas-Tuttle J, Das D, Sabaraya I, Saleh N. Harnessing the power of microwaves for inactivating Pseudomonas aeruginosa with nanohybrids. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-NANO 2018;5(1):72-82. R835602 (Final)
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  • Journal Article Ringenberg, D., Wilson, S., and Dvorak, B. (2017) “State Barriers to Approval of Drinking Water Technologies for Small Systems,” Journal of the American Water Works Association, 109 (8) E343-E352, August, https://doi.org/10.5942/jawwa.2017.109.0096. R835602 (2017)
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  • Journal Article Ryan D, Maher E, Heffron J, Mayer B, McNamara P. Electrocoagulation-electrooxidation for mitigating trace organic compounds in model drinking water sources. CHEMOSPHERE 2021;273. R835602 (Final)
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  • Journal Article Zhang J, Tejada-Martinez AE, Lei H, Zhang Q. Indicators for technological, environmental and economic sustainability of ozone contactors. Water Research 2016;101:606-616. R835602 (2015)
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  • Journal Article Zhang, J., A. E. Tejada-Martinez, H. Lei, Q. Zhang, 2016. Indicators for technological, environmental and economic sustainability of ozone contactors, Water Research, 101, 606-616. R835602 (2017)
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    Journal Article Jiang Y, Goodwill JE, Tobiason JE, Reckhow DA. Comparison of the effects of ferrate and ozone pre-oxidation on disinfection byproduct formation potentials. Water Research 2019; 156: 110-124. R835602 (2018)
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  • Supplemental Keywords:

    small public water systems, treatment, technology, carbon, nitrogenous, disinfectant, regulation, barriers, implementation, community water, WINSSS

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