AWI Funded Projects
To view fact sheets and final reports for AWI projects, please see our Research Projects page.
2009 Projects
Arizona Water Institute (AWI) received 63 concept proposals in response to its October 2008 Request for Proposals. Although we had selected proposals to move forward to the next phase of collaborative project design, the final process of negotiation with the researchers was halted by the unanticipated shutdown of AWI.
2008 Projects
AWI received 58 proposals in response to our Request For Proposals, 17 of which were ultimately funded. Listed below in alphabetical order are the 2008 projects:
- Baxter 08-02, "Enhancing Sustainable Water Reclamation using Algae-based Biotechnology"
- Brown 08-04, "Evaluating Proposed Operational Practices for Control of Naegleria fowleri in Arizona's Public Drinking Water Systems"
- Castro 08-101, "Use of a Regional Atmospheric Model to Investigage Heavy Rainfall Events During the Summer Monsoon in Arizona"
- Ela 08-12, "RO Pretreatment Using Ion Exchange Brine Recycle and Selective Precipitation"
- Frisvold 08-16, "Arizona's Agricultural Economy - Future Scenarios and Water Management Implications"
- Islam 08-21, "On-Site Microbial Monitoring of Water by Electrokinetic Lab-On-A-Chip"
- Kolb 08-23, "Impacts of Forest Thinning on Water Balance"
- Mead 08-31, "Best Practices Guide for Rural Water"
- Otte 08-34, "Arizona Hydrologic Information Portal - A Collaborative Web Environment for the AHIS"
- Quanrud 08-36, "Operation of the Activated Sludge Process for Removal of Estrogenic Activity During Conventional Wastewater Treatment"
- Rock 08-39, "Status of Generation, Reuse and Recharge of Treated Wastewater in Arizona: Evaluation of Programs, Data Sources and Utilization Opportunities"
- Scott 08-43, "Water and Energy Sustainability with Rapid Growth in the Arizona-Sonora Border Region"
- Selover & Crimmins 08-44, "Sensitivity Analysis of Arizona State Drought Status Determination"
- Springer 08-48, "Developing a Methodology for Identifying and Prioritizing At-risk Water Resources for the Coconino Plateau"
- Stromberg 08-50, "Verde River Ecological Flows Study Phase II: Integrated Research for Refining Flow-Ecology Response Models"
- Tecle 08-51, "Hydroclimate Management Capacity Building and Watershed-Based Precipitation-Runoff Modeling in the Navajo Nation"
- Wooders 08-100, "Greenhouse Gas/Carbon Footprint Program Business Plan"
2007 Projects
The response to AWI's initial Request For Proposals was truly overwhelming, with 70 proposals submitted for over 3 million dollars of requested funding. 17 projects were selected for funding, and are listed below in alphabetical order:
- Baygents 07-49, "A Pilot Test on Treatment of Cooling Tower Waters"
- Chorover 07-28, "Analyzing Emergent Contaminants in Arizona Water"
- Crimmins 07-22, "Drought Indicator & Trigger Tool for Community Water Systems"
- Ela 07-42, "Residuals Mangement for RO Treatment of CAP Water"
- Garfin 07-21, "Assessment of the Navajo nation Hydroclimate Network"
- Gries 07-15, "Web-Based Access to Water Related Data"
- Hoffstetter 07-60, "Conservation of Water Using Acoustic Emission Technology"
- Mariella 07-35, "Approaches to Water Management by Tribes in Arizona"
- Megdal 07-29, "Evaluation of the Arizona Department of Water Resources Mangement Plans"
- Meixner 07-50, "Integrated Riparian Area Monitoring"
- Pasqualetti 07-102, "The Water Costs of Energy in Arizona: A White Paper"
- Propper 07-18, "Comparison of Estrogenic Compound Removal Efficiency from Publicly Owned Treatment Works Across Arizona"
- Quanrud 07-46, "Smart Control for Irrigation"
- Shangraw 07-34, "Improved Tools for Drought Planning and Management"
- Springer 07-14, "Ecological Implications of Verde River Flows"
- Stevens 07-69, "Identify and Characterize Arizona Heritage Waters"
- Westerhoff 07-01, "Development of a Microfabricated Tuning-Fork Based Sensor