2025 Tailored Collaboration Program Overview
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Associated Project
Project 4102: Evaluation of Membrane Characterization MethodsThe 2025 Tailored Collaboration (TC) Program is officially open for pre-proposal submissions. The TC Program is a matching research program designed to support utility-specific or regional challenges that research can help to solve.
This 90-minute webcast presented the TC program goals, deadlines, and some exciting ongoing projects funded through this program.
Agenda
- Kenan Ozekin, Chief Research Officer, The Water Research Foundation
- Webcast Moderator - Randy Hayman, Tailored Collaboration Research Committee Chair, Philadelphia Water Department
- Welcome and opening remarks - Mary Smith, Director of Resaerch Services, The Water Research Foundation
- 2025 TC Program Overview
- TC Program Proposal Models (Utility Principal Investigator [PI], Contractor PI, Request for Proposals)
- Important Dates and Deadlines - Bradley Schmitz, Senior Scientist/Water Resources, Loudoun Water
- Understanding the Factors Affecting PFAS Variability in the Potomac River Watershed (5269) - Rebecca Lahr, Drinking Water Quality Manager, City of Ann Arbor
- Lutgarde Raskin, Vernon L. Snoeyink Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
- Investigating the Effect of Operational Strategies and the Role of Microbial Biomass for Extending the Lifetime of Granular Activated Carbon (5344)
- Impact of UV Treatment on Microbial Communities in a Full-Scale Drinking Water Distribution System (5151)
- Optimizing Filter Operation in an Ozone-Biofiltration Plant to Reduce Selection for Opportunistic Pathogens in Drinking Water Production (4743) - Leon Downing, Principal Process & Innovation Leader, Black & Veatch
- Levi Straka, Environmental Research Scientist, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
- Balancing Carbon Management, Energy Production, Nutrient Removal and Densification (5271) - Q&A Discussion
- Alice Fulmer, Director of Subscriber Services, The Water Research Foundation
- Subscriber Services Support
- Account Manager Regional Map - Closing Remarks