2025 Tailored Collaboration Program Overview

Описание: 04/10/2025: The 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