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Energy Optimization

For most water facilities, energy is one of the highest costs in their operating budget. Stricter regulations are pushing facilities to use even more advanced—and energy-intensive—treatment technologies. Optimizing energy use can provide huge cost savings and numerous additional benefits, including improving air quality, protecting the environment, and bolstering energy security. WRF has published more than 100 projects that explore ways to not only optimize current energy use, but to generate power as well—setting the course for a self-sufficient water sector.

For more information, contact Ashwin Dhanasekar.

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Project #4843

Integrating Sewage Thermal Energy Use (STEU) and Other Emerging Water-Energy-Waste Technologies into Decentralized/Distributed Systems

$42,880
2022
Completed

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The persistent challenges and threats posed by climate change, natural resource depletion, increased pollution, and growing economic inequality have led to a recognition: a sustainable future requires new approaches to the way societies design, build, and operate critical systems. This...

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Principal Investigator
Svetlana
Taylor
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Mr. Ashwin Dhanasekar

Energy is Embedded in Wastewater

This video discusses a suite of past WRF research co-funded by the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA), which focused on barriers to and strategies for energy optimization at water resource recovery facilities. 

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Integrating Sewage Thermal Energy Use (STEU) and Other Emerging...

Reporting Period: January 15, 2021 – July 15, 2021. The team is currently working on further...

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Developing a Framework for Quantifying Energy ...

Reporting Period: June 2021 - August 2021. Project work to date has focused on (1) confirming...

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Evaluation of Existing Source Separated Organic Feedstock Pre-Treatment...
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Project #4969
One Water Cities: Development of Guidance Documents and Assessment...

Reporting Period: October 16, 2021 - April 15, 2022

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Exploring Cost-Benefit Analysis of Post Long-Term Control Plan...

Reporting Period: April 2021 – June 2021. During this period, the project team continued collecting and...

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One Water Cities: Development of Guidance Documents and Assessment...

Reporting Period: October 15, 2020 – April 15, 2021. Over the course of the reporting period...

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Project #4969
One Water Cities: Development of Guidance Documents and Assessment...

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The Water Research Foundation Seeks Proposals for 20 New Research Projects

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The Water Research Foundation (WRF) is now accepting proposals for 20 research projects, funded through WRF’s Research Priority Program, that will advance the science of water for communities around the...

The Water Research Foundation and The U.S. Department of Energy Announce Webcast Series Highlighting Advanced Water Resource Recovery System Projects

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07/20/2021

The Water Research Foundation (WRF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will be highlighting a select group of advanced water resource recovery system projects, recently awarded by DOE totaling...

2021 Intelligent Water Systems Challenge Launched

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03/16/2021

The 2021 Intelligent Water Systems Challenge (IWS Challenge) is underway and will showcase innovative ways that intelligent water systems can be utilized by utilities to improve resilience. The overarching goal...

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