Collaboration

Enhanced Program's research capabilities by leveraging with other organizations...

Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer
President of the National League of Cities

An integral part of the Aging Water Infrastructure (AWI) Research Program is working with internal and external stakeholders. Collaboration enables the program to generate innovative technologies and techniques necessary for more cost-effective operation, maintenance, and replacement of aging and failing water and wastewater systems; and the design of new water and wastewater systems.

The AWI research program supports EPA's larger Sustainable Water Infrastructure (SI) Initiative. The SI Initiative brings together drinking water and wastewater utility managers; trade associations; local watershed protection organizations; and federal, state, and local officials to ensure that all components of our nation's water infrastructure—drinking water treatment plants, drinking water distribution lines, sewer lines, and storage facilities—meet future needs.

EPA is only one partner in the effort to address our aging water infrastructure. Key collaborators and stakeholders enhance program's research capabilities...

… by more than doubling research investment to date.

• $5 Million – Kansas City National Green Infrastructure Demonstration Project
• $4.5 Million – NCER STAR Grants Solicitation
• $3.3 Million – Cooperative Agreement with the Water Environment Research Foundation
• $1.8 Million – B & F funds for Porous Pavement Parking Lot Demonstration Site

…by leveraging personnel & resources from Agency Offices and other Federal Agencies.

• Department of Transportation (Federal Highway Administration) & Region 3 - Green Highway Partnership
• OW, OAR, 4 Regions - First National Expert and Stakeholder Workshop on Water Infrastructure Sustainability and Adaptation to Climate Change
• Region 2 - Porous Pavement Testing Facility at the Edison Environmental Center
• OW, OST, Regions 1, 5, & 10 - Nutrient Control at POTWs – State of the Technology Review Report and Technology Transfer Seminars
• Region 2, OW -  Green Roof Project at the Edison Environmental Center

…by leveraging technical expertise & facilities from national municipalities, universities, & associations.

• City of Cincinnati/University of Cincinnati/Metropolitan Sewer District - EPA AWBERC green infrastructure demonstration project
• City of Kansas City - National green infrastructure demonstration project
• City of Louisville Water Company - Innovative condition assessment and leak detection technology demonstration
• University of Houston - Multi-vendor grouting verifications
• National Asphalt Pavement Association, Northeast Cement Shippers Association, and Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute - Porous Pavement Testing Facility at the Edison Environmental Center

…by collaborating with governments, organizations, & universities from other nations.

• New Zealand -  Green Roof Project at the Edison Environmental Center with the University of Auckland
• United Kingdom  - Application of SUSTAIN to new urban community in England by Penine Water Group and Sheffield University

Our key partners include:

• EPA partners
• Federal, state, local, municipal agencies and tribal authorities
• Other Partners, to include water and wastewater utilities, professional and trade associations, and academia
  

Other Partners
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA)
Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI)
National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA)
National Association of Counties (NACO)
National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO)
National Research Council
National Rural Water Associations (NRWA)
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association, Inc. (WWEMA)
WateReuse Association