아메리칸 워터(American Water, AW)는 미국 최대 규모의 물과 폐수 관련 기업으로 물연구재단(Water Research Foundation, WRF)으로부터 두 개의 새로운 연구 프로젝트 계약에 대한 상을 수여받았다고 발표했다. 두 프로젝트 계약은 다 년 간의 연구 개발을 통해 WRF 프로그램의 미래를 선도할 예정이다.

첫 번째 프로젝트는 ‘지능형 분배 시스템의 특성 및 장점 정의(Defining Attributes and Demonstrating Benefits of Intelligent Distribution Systems)’이며, 음용수 및 폐수 시스템을 위한 스마트 워터 네트워크(smart water networks)를 발전시키는 기술을 조사할 방침이다.

Today, American Water (AW), the nation' largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, announced that it has received two new research contracts from the Water Research Foundation (WRF). Both projects aim to help develop multi-year research agendas that will guide future WRF programs.

The first project, "Defining Attributes and Demonstrating Benefits of Intelligent Distribution Systems," will examine technologies to develop smart water networks for both potable water and wastewater systems. Dave Hughes, water research manager, will be the principal investigator. The total cost is $73,559 with $35,000 in support from WRF, under project number 4614, as well as $14,886 in funding from the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), under project number SENG4C15. AW will provide $23,673 as in-kind support.

The second project, "Research Plan for Management of Emerging Pathogens in Distribution Systems and Premise Plumbing," will examine the occurrence and control of microbes that grow in distribution systems and in the plumbing systems of buildings. Dr. Mark LeChevallier, director of Innovation & Environmental Stewardship, will be the principal investigator, and Dr. Zia Bukhari, senior research scientist, and Dr. Nicholas Ashbolt, professor at the University of Alberta, will serve as co-investigators. The total cost is $93,205 with $30,000 in funding from WRF, under project number 4650, as well as $30,000 from American Water Works Association. AW will provide $33,206 as in-kind support.

Both projects will feature workshops to solicit input from industry experts including utilities, academics, consultants, government agencies, and other interested stakeholders to develop detailed research plans that will set the research agendas in these areas for years to come. The projects will be completed by the end of 2015 and will be used by WRF to guide future research funding.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 7월 17일]