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Integrated Planning & Water Management

As increased pressure on water supplies drives the need for more efficient and effective processes, many utilities are recognizing the need to not only integrate their drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and reuse operations—but also to coordinate with other sectors, including energy, agriculture, industry, and municipalities.

Although this holistic approach has the potential to offer many multi-benefit solutions, implementation can be a challenge. Because integrated planning involves so many stakeholders and moving parts, the prospect of this approach can be overwhelming. The challenge is also increased because these integrated goals often contain big-picture, long-term objectives, which run counter to traditional regulation timelines and funding strategies.

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Project #4971

Leveraging the Role of Pretreatment Programs in One Water Initiatives: Synthesis of Best Practices and Path Forward

$185,718
Completed

Project Highlights

To support the concept of One Water planning, utilities and municipalities are better integrating water resources and expanding on traditional pretreatment programs. These innovations can provide a meaningful and cost-effective opportunity to support One Water initiatives. This project assessed the...

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Principal Investigator
Beate
Wright
Research Manager
Dr. Harry Zhang, Ph.D., PE

Recent Updates

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

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

Project Update
10/04/2022
Project #4969
One Water Cities: Development of Guidance Documents and Assessment...

Reporting Period: April 16, 2021 – October 15, 2021. Over the course of the reporting period...

Project Update
02/18/2022
Project #4969
One Water Cities: Development of Guidance Documents and Assessment...

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

Project Update
06/28/2021
Project #4969
One Water Cities: Development of Guidance Documents and Assessment...

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

Project Update
12/07/2020
Project #4849
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...

Project Update
11/05/2021
Project #4842
Enhancement of Resilience to Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Proactive...

Reporting Period: May 2020 - October 2020. During this project period, there was a series of...

Project Update
12/18/2020
Project #4842
Enhancement of Resilience to Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Proactive...

Reporting Period: February 2021 – October 2021. Over the preceding 6 months, work on the project...

Project Update
02/18/2022
Project #5086
Case Studies on Water Sector Interdependencies

Reporting Period: August 1, 2021 – February 15, 2022 The research team has completed all interviews...

Project Update
05/20/2022
Project #5086
Case Studies on Water Sector Interdependencies

Reporting Period: May 1, 2021 – July 31, 2021. This project is in the early stages...

Project Update
12/10/2021
Project #5091
Developing a Framework for Quantifying Energy ...

Reporting Period: March 1, 2022 - August 1, 2022

Project Update
02/08/2023

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EPA Resources to Foster Utility Resilience

Newsletter
07/25/2022

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Creating Resilient Water Utilities Initiative (CRWU) provides tools, training, and technical assistance for drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities to address climate change and...

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