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Grantee Research Project Results

Research and Demonstration of Innovative Drinking Water Treatment Technologies in Small Systems

EPA awarded 11 grants to research innovative treatment methods to protect people’s health by keeping harmful contaminants out of drinking water. The research will focus on robust technologies that are sustainable and able to treat or mitigate groups of contaminants or contaminant precursors in drinking water sources and systems.

Request for Applications closing date: August 25, 2011

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# Grant Number Abstract Principal Investigator Institution Grant Amount PROJECT PERIOD Project Start Date Project End Date Extended End Date State
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# Grant Number Abstract Principal Investigator Institution Grant Amount PROJECT PERIOD Project Start Date Project End Date Extended End Date State
1 R835172
Grant



Use of Ferrate in Small Drinking Water Treatment Systems Reckhow, David A.
Rees, Paula
Tobiason, John  
University of Massachusetts - Amherst $497,078   December 01, 2011 -
November 30, 2014
(Extended to November 30, 2015)  
December 01, 2011   November 30, 2014  
November 30, 2015  
MA  
2 R835173
Grant



Improving Drinking Water Quality for Small Rural Communities in Missouri Yang, John
Hua, Bin
Inniss, Enos
Shi, Honglan  
Lincoln University-MO, Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Missouri - Columbia $499,996   December 01, 2011 -
November 30, 2016  
December 01, 2011   November 30, 2016     MO  
3 R835174
Grant



Sustainable Catalytic Treatment of Waste Ion Exchange Brines for Reuse During Oxyanion Treatment in Drinking Water Werth, Charles J
Strathmann, Timothy J.  
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $500,000   December 01, 2011 -
November 30, 2014
(Extended to November 30, 2016)  
December 01, 2011   November 30, 2014  
November 30, 2016  
IL  
4 R835175
Grant



Sustainable Sorbents and Monitoring Technologies for Small Groundwater Systems Westerhoff, Paul
Dotson, Aaron
Hristovski, Kiril D  
Arizona State University, University of Alaska - Anchorage $500,000   December 01, 2011 -
November 30, 2015  
December 01, 2011   November 30, 2015     AZ  
5 R835176
Grant



Fluoride, DBP Precursors, and Particles: Simultaneous Removal with Aluminum Salts a Solution for Small Drinking Water Systems Lawler, Desmond
Katz, Lynn  
The University of Texas at Austin $499,357   December 01, 2011 -
November 30, 2014
(Extended to June 19, 2016)  
December 01, 2011   November 30, 2014  
June 19, 2016  
TX  
6 R835177
Grant



Research and Demonstration of Electrospun Nanofiber Filters: Multifunctional, Chemically Active Filtration Technologies for Small-Scale Water Treatment Systems Cwiertny, David M.
Myung, Nosang V.
Parkin, Gene F  
University of Iowa, University of California - Riverside $499,466   December 01, 2011 -
November 30, 2016  
December 01, 2011   November 30, 2016     IA  
7 R835178
Grant



Municipal Sewage Sludge Based Composite Adsorbents For Removal Of Contaminants from Drinking Water Sources Bandosz, Teresa J
Zhang, Pengfei  
The City College of New York $499,746   December 01, 2011 -
May 31, 2016  
December 01, 2011   May 31, 2016     NY  
8 R835179
Grant



Point Of Use (POU) Water Treatment Systems For Improving Sustainability And Environmental Justice in Colonias of the Paso del Norte Region Walker, W. Shane
Palacios, Rebecca L.
Santiago, Ivonne
Tomaka, Joe
Walton, John  
The University of Texas at El Paso, New Mexico State University - Main Campus $498,906   December 01, 2011 -
November 30, 2016  
December 01, 2011   November 30, 2016     TX  
9 R835332
Grant



Integration of Filtration and Advanced Oxidation: Development of a Membrane Liquid-Phase Plasma Reactor Bellona, Christopher
Dickenson, Eric
Holsen, Thomas M.
Mededovic Thagard, Selma  
Clarkson University, Southern Nevada Water Authority $499,779   August 16, 2012 -
August 15, 2016
(Extended to August 15, 2017)  
August 16, 2012   August 15, 2016  
August 15, 2017  
NY  
10 R835333
Grant



Contaminant Removal Using Membrane Distillation for Sustainable Drinking Water Treatment Childress, Amy E
Kolodziej, Edward P.
Park, Chanwoo  
University of Nevada - Reno, University of Southern California $499,743   September 01, 2013 -
February 15, 2017  
September 01, 2013   February 15, 2017     CA  
11 R835334
Grant



Small, Safe, Sustainable (S3) Public Water Systems through Innovative Ion Exchange Boyer, Treavor H.
Zhang, Qiong  
University of Florida, University of South Florida $499,361   August 16, 2012 -
August 15, 2016
(Extended to August 15, 2017)  
August 16, 2012   August 15, 2016  
August 15, 2017  
FL  


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