Industrial Reuse and Produced Water Reuse Research

This solicitation seeks to fund research projects that will advance knowledge and scientific understanding, and that could provide fundamentally transformative results in advancing the science of water reuse in all relevant industrial sectors.

Potential research topics may include, but are not limited to the following:
 

• The beneficial use of treated municipal effluent for nonpotable purposes in industrial operations
• On-site reuse of industrial wastewater
• On-site reuse of produced water from oil and gas exploration 
• Reuse of industrial wastewater or produced water from oil and gas exploration for other purposes (e.g. agricultural irrigation)
• Research on the economics of industrial water reuse and making the business case for water reuse
• Exploring the energy/water nexus in industrial and produced water reuse