ALEXANDRIA, VA, Nov. 24, 2014 -- As of recently, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) are seeking cutting-edge wastewater treatment technologies that provide the intensification of resource recovery, including the resurgence of energy, nutrients, water, and other products.
Proposers must highlight key aspects of their product or process to a panel of experts for review through a Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT) Technology Scan. Selected participants will be featured at the forum on August 9-11, 2015 at Manhattan College in New York City, N.Y.
Co-sponsored by WEF and WERF, the forum will include technology presentations, along with matchmaking and development of collaborative future projects among utilities, vendors, academics, consultants, and others. Submittals must pertain to intensification technologies applicable to municipal and industrial wastewater treatment operations in developed nations such as the U.S.
Processes for intensification of resource recovery are defined as follows:
- They provide greater than 30-percent reduction in the capital cost -- typically this would be associated with a reduction in concrete tank volume, footprint, etc. In addition to reduced capital cost, preference will be given to technologies that can also demonstrate a significant reduction in operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
- Examples include: solid-liquid separation, digestion pre-treatment/enhancement processes, granular sludge processes, membrane bioreactor processes, nutrient removal and resource recovery, carbon diversion, dewatering, filtration, and high-rate wet weather treatment processes.
Submissions are due no later than 5 p.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. Download the call for innovative technologies announcement for a complete description of the program and application instructions. For more information about the Scan submittals, contact WERF Director of Water Technologies Jeff Moeller at [email protected] or Technology and Innovation Manager Ravi George at [email protected]. For more information about the forum, contact Laura Herman at [email protected].
See also:
"WERF now accepting pre-proposals for 2014 Unsolicited Water Research Program"
"Water Environment Federation announces 2014-2015 Board of Trustees"
About WEF
Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of 36,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality professionals around the world. WEF members, Member Associations and staff proudly work to achieve our mission to provide bold leadership, champion innovation, connect water professionals, and leverage knowledge to support clean and safe water worldwide. For more information, visit www.wef.org.
About WERF
The Water Environment Research Foundation is America's leading independent scientific research organization dedicated to wastewater and stormwater questions. LIFT is moving innovation into practice by allowing providers to introduce their emerging, pre-commercial, and newly commercialized technologies to funders, advisors, and end users. For more information, visit www.werf.org
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