RFPs: Evaluating Plant-wide and Process-specific Quantification Methods Project

 Deadline Date: November 14, 2024

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 Donor Name: Water Research Foundation

 Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000

https://www.waterrf.org/serve-file/RFP_5310.pdf

The Water Research Foundation is requesting proposals for the Evaluating Plant-wide and Process-specific Quantification Methods Project to perform greenhouse gas (GHG) measurements using multiple techniques at the same time at two or more water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) to inform the industry of the advantages and disadvantages of each technique.

Funding Information

• Applicants may request up to $350,000 in WRF funds for this project.

Project Duration

• The anticipated period of performance for this project is 24 months from the contract start date.

Expected Deliverables 

• Expected deliverables from this project include:
  • A comprehensive synthesis on “State-of-the-Practice” based on completed and ongoing research, including annotations for the list of publications and resources used.
  • A user-friendly utility-facing guidance document.
    • The guidance document will include an interactive decision tree process for method comparisons (e.g., advantages and limitations; cost range/order-of-magnitude cost information) that can facilitate decision-making at utilities and municipalities in North America. 
    • Part of this document will include a chapter that summarizes the knowledge gaps, research needs, and preliminary project concepts for recommended research projects to fill those gaps.

Eligibility Criteria

• Proposals will be accepted from both U.S.-based and non-U.S.-based entities, including educational institutions, research organizations, governmental agencies, and consultants or other for-profit entities.
• Researchers who are late on any ongoing WRF-sponsored studies without approved no-cost extensions are not eligible to be named participants in any proposals. 

For more information, visit WRF.