In January 2017, the sponsors awarded 32 staff members from 11 utilities with travel scholarships. If you have questions about a technology that you would like the recipient to ask as part of their visit, please contact the recipient. As visits are completed, trip reports, photos, and videos are posted below for sharing findings with the water quality community.
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            City of BoulderEBPR optimization at Clean Water Services Durham and Rock Creek WRFs Time Frame: June 2017 
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            City of JacksonOvivo Mem-TAD system at Lewes, Delaware Water Reclamation Facility Time Frame: April 2017 
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            City of RaleighTHP at Thames Water; Shortcut side stream nitrogen removal at Thames Water; Cambi at Cambi Production Facility; Shortcut Nitrogen Removal Side Stream Treatment Systems at United Utilities UK; Anita Mox in Boras, Sweden; DEMON Process in Nieuwveer, Netherlands Time Frame: April-May 2017 > View the Sidestream Shortcut Nitrogen Removal Trip Report 
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            Greeley Water Pollution Control FacilityShortcut Nitrogen Removal at Hampton Roads Sanitation District and DC Water Time Frame: May 2017 
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            Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer DistrictExelys at Esholt; Cambi at Seafield; Thermal Hydrolysis - Mesophillic at Oxford; Belt Dryers- Hot Water Exploitation at Huddersfield; GE Monsal Biological Hydrolysis at Aberdeen Nigg; GE Monsal sequential gas mixing technology at Davyhulme; Advanced Anaerobic Digestion and Biowaste at Avonmounth Time Frame: May 2017 
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            Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater CincinnatiZero Angle Photo Spectrometer (ZAPS) at City of Grand Rapids Wastewater Treatment Plant Time Frame: June 2017 
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            San Francisco Public Utilities CommissionClass A biosolids soil blending process and Business practice of using capability maturity models to improve the ability to manage risk and improve utility services at DC Water Time Frame: August-September 2017 
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            Trinity River Authority of TexasOstara Pearl at Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Time Frame: May 2017 
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            Washoe County Community Services DepartmentOzone-biological activated carbon and advanced oxidation (ultra-violet), membrane-based treatment systems, soil aquifer treatment processes and expertise to achieve potable reuse at HRSD. Time Frame: July 2017