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Cost-effective Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Based Monitoring Technologies to Improve the Performance and Reliability of Small Drinking Water Systems
EPA Contract Number: EPD17024Title: Cost-effective Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Based Monitoring Technologies to Improve the Performance and Reliability of Small Drinking Water Systems
Investigators: Trentler, Timothy
Small Business: Sporian Microsystems Inc.
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: II
Project Period: March 1, 2017 through June 28, 2019
Project Amount: $299,999
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase II (2016) Recipients Lists
Research Category: SBIR - Water , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Description:
Small drinking water systems consistently provide safe, reliable drinking water to their customers; however challenges of such systems include; lack of financial resources, aging infrastructure, lack of scale, and technical/logistical challenges associated with regulation compliance. The deployment of new cost-effective monitoring technologies hold opportunities to substantially advance infrastructure and assure compliance along with being economically viable for integration by small drinking water system operators. Sporian Microsystems has performed significant prior work developing and fielding a range of water low cost remote and in-line monitoring systems for both the government and private industry. The objective of the proposed work is to develop Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) based detection Materials/schemes that eliminate the need of consumable reagents and can easily be retrofitted to expand the range of detectable contaminants in existing low cost water monitoring hardware. The Phase I effort focused on MIP formulation development and demonstrating detection performance. Phase II will include: collaboration with customers/partners to guide development; optimizing and expanding upon MIPs/Ion Imprinted Polymers developed during Phase I; and developing/testing revised monitoring system hardware designs. In addition to small drinking water system operators, commercial customers for such monitoring systems include civilian, homeland security, and military, for a range of environmental and process monitoring applications.
Supplemental Keywords:
water, small drinking water systems, Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Based Contaminant Detection Systems, water quality sensor technology, water monitoring systemsProgress and Final Reports:
SBIR Phase I:
Cost-effective Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Based Monitoring Technologies to Improve the Performance and Reliability of Small Drinking Water Systems | Final ReportThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.