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QUESTOR Water & Wastewater Cluster

QUESTOR Water & Wastewater Cluster. John B. Wilkinson November 18, 2009. Water & Wastewater Cluster Charter. What: Group in QUESTOR organizing/managing Water & Wastewater Programs Purpose: Focus interested IAB members and researchers Enhance project development and execution

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QUESTOR Water & Wastewater Cluster

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  1. QUESTOR Water & Wastewater Cluster John B. Wilkinson November 18, 2009

  2. Water & Wastewater Cluster Charter • What: • Group in QUESTOR organizing/managing Water & Wastewater Programs • Purpose: • Focus interested IAB members and researchers • Enhance project development and execution • Align interested parties &/or Champion(s) • Leadership/Membership: • Leadership team: • Chaired by an IAB member representative • Can be anyone from the IAB organization, an expert in that particular technology for instance • Each academic institution assigns one leadership team member to only one cluster • Nominal terms of two years • Overall Cluster membership: • Group consists of interested academics and members of IAB organizations • Members can be from any academic institution or IAB organization • Cluster Responsibilities: • Meet as appropriate • By telephone?; how often?; before/after IAB meetings? • Develop a targeted/high-graded RFP for the Cluster • Facilitate identification of Champions for project proposals • Initial screening of pre-proposals, recommend proposals to be developed for IAB voting • Active guidance of projects during execution

  3. Water & Wastewater Cluster Description • This Cluster covers new approaches for all aspects of water and wastewater treating, and associated issues • Water treating for municipal (drinking) and industrial (cooling; boiler feed) uses • Industrial and municipal wastewater treating • All treatment processes (biological, chemical/physical, thermal….) • Pollution prevention, reuse/recycling • Effects of discharges on the environment • Reduction/elimination of associated sludges/residuals • Cross cutting programs with other Clusters (Monitoring; Energy)

  4. IAB Membership

  5. Academic Membership

  6. RFP Structure • Overall Description: • “High” level summary of environmental aspects/issues/technologies included in the Cluster. • IAB input to frame needs and academic input to provide relevant expertise • IAB Issues/Interests: • Specific needs of IAB organizations • From Cluster membership and Research Drivers Booklet • Unique Academic Institution Capabilities • Academic institution capabilities able to address Cluster aspects/issues/technologies (even if not specific to initial IAB list – provides a spark for dialogue)

  7. Example RFP Structure(Water & Wastewater) • Overall Description: • This Cluster covers new approaches for all aspects of water and wastewater treating, and associated issues • Water treating for municipal (drinking) and industrial (cooling; boiler feed) uses • Industrial and municipal wastewater treating • All treatment processes (biological, chemical/physical, thermal….) • Pollution prevention, reuse/recycling • Effects of discharges on the environment • Reduction/elimination of associated sludges/residuals • Cross cutting programs with other Clusters (Monitoring; Energy) • Specific IAB Issues/Interests • Unique streams and specific contaminants- • Metals (arsenic, lead, chrome…) • High/low pH • Biological waste sludge reduction • Minimize generation by controlling wastewater plant operating modifications • Chemical/physical/biological conditioning of generated sludge • Dry digestion • Drinking water treating • Trace contaminants (pesticides, endocrine disruptors, etc) – detection, treatment/removal, destruction • Ways to substitute lower quality waters for fresh water • Retrieving &/or regenerating aluminum hydroxide • Novel flocculation materials • Nutrients (N & P) • Recovery & reuse • Unique Academic Institution Capabilities • Biological wastewater treatment (Queens; others) • Environmental genomics (Stevens) • etc

  8. Attachment Cluster Descriptions

  9. Cluster Descriptions • Environmental Monitoring: • All aspects of environmental monitoring; including, but not limited to- • Sensors, coatings, detectors, transmitters • Municipal and environmentally related industrial processes • Monitoring the open environment (rivers, ocean, etc) • Waste & Remediation • All aspects of waste management, and soil and groundwater remediation; including, but not limited to- • Waste reduction/elimination, recycle, treatment and disposal • All pollutant species (hydrocarbon, chlorinated compounds, metals….) • Transport and impact modeling • All types of treatment – biological, physical…. • Renewable Energy • All types and aspects of renewable energy; including, but not limited to- • Solar, wind, wave, biomass • Waste to energy • Biological, chemical and physical systems

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