The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced $6,198,689 in funding for five grants to support research on existing and novel surrogates for detecting and monitoring viruses that are excreted with feces in wastewater that is intended for water reuse applications.
“Safe and reliable water supplies are critical to our nation’s communities and economy,” says Dr. Wayne Cascio, acting principal deputy assistant administrator for science in EPA’s Office of Research and Development. “The research funded by these grants will coordinate water reuse research, help identify critical science gaps and accelerate opportunities for reuse.”
The reclamation and reuse of wastewater has the potential to
