RFPs: Case Studies for Successful Watershed & Sewershed Monitoring and Decision Making

Project Objectives

• Provide a comprehensive/robust compendium of case studies on management, economic, policy, and regulatory approaches showcasing an understanding of methods (including artificial intelligence [AI]), parameters, and drivers that impact ecosystem health at the watershed and sewershed scale.

Topics

There are three main topics to review as part of the case studies:

• Of interest are approaches and successful case studies that have demonstrated the fusing of sensing infrastructure data and analytics with modeling approaches (including AI/ML methods) that provide the scientific basis for quantifying the feedbacks and impacts of wastewater discharges on watersheds and that connect the sewershed and watershed monitoring, modelling, and management into one integrated package.
• Also of interest is identifying approaches and cases where information gleaned from these analyses have been used to inform policy or long-term control planning efforts. Of special interest is the use of real-time sensing data to develop real-time decision support tools that guide utility operators and watershed managers on how best to operate their respective systems to mitigate adverse impacts.
• A final question relates to optimal allocation of resources, where integration of sewershed and watershed monitoring and management planning programs has provided evidence to develop least-community-cost solutions to pollution control challenges.

Budget

• Applicants may request up to $150,000 in WRF funds for this project.
• Project Duration: The anticipated period of performance for this project is 12- 18 months from the contract start date.

Expected Deliverables

Typical types of WRF deliverables for consideration include:

• Research report
• Guidance manual
• Webcast, conference presentation, etc.
• Peer-reviewed journal article
• Field demonstration/pilot project
• Fact sheet, case study, white paper, etc.
• Workshop (consider plan to document workshop)
• Web tool

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.
• WRF encourages participation from water utilities and other organizations in WRF research. Participation can occur in a variety of ways, including direct participation, in-kind contributions, or in-kind services.

For more information, visit WRF.