Water Research Foundation: Water Discharge Practices & Emerging Capital Providers & Retrofit and Management of Metallic Pipe

- Hospital Discharge Practices and Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water: This project will investigate hospital discharge practices in order to better understand the loading of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) being discharged from hospitals, what actions hospitals are taking to mitigate or reduce that loading, if any, and what actions are feasible beyond what’s already being done. $90,000-$100,000/flexible duration.
- New and Emerging Capital Providers for Infrastructure Funding New and Emerging Capital Providers for Infrastructure Funding: Identify and evaluate emerging infrastructure capital instruments that may decrease costs, support stakeholder values, and align with future utility objectives. $100-000-$125,000/flexible in duration.
- Retrofit and Management of Metallic Pipe with Cathodic Protection: Guidance Document on Technical Feasibility and Economic Value: This project will investigate technical and economic considerations to retrofit buried metallic pipelines with cathodic protection (CP) for the drinking water industry. It will also study troubleshooting, management and value analysis of existing CP systems. $130,000-$140,000/flexible in duration.
--- Note, both programs require a 25% cost-share – if interested contact the Research Authority in advance - RA-TEC@trdf.technion.ac.il, 2152/1745/1769.
--- Collaboration with a US partner is warmly recommended for improving funding potential.
http://www.waterrf.org/funding/rfps/Pages/current.aspx