Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the funding provided by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Science Foundation. Together they have provided over $1 million in support of developing the next generation of sustainable drinking water treatment technologies.

Environmental Protection Agency statement

“This textbook was developed under numerous Assistance Agreements awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Cornell University. It has not been formally reviewed by EPA. The views expressed in this document are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Agency. EPA does not endorse any products or commercial services mentioned in this publication.”

National Science Foundation statement

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant numbers CBET-1704472 and CBET-1437961. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Table 1 Table of funded research projects that contributed to the knowledge in this textbook.

Agency

Proposal Title

NSF

Wrf: Experimental Observation and Modeling of Coagulant Mediated Contaminant Removal: Flocculation, Floc Blankets, and Clarification

USEPA

AguaClara’s Ram Pump for Zero Electricity Drinking Water Treatment

USEPA

Environment & Community Friendly Wastewater Treatment

USEPA

High Rate Clarification

USEPA

Novel Reactor Design for Enhanced Removal of Fluoride Using A Modified Nalgonda Method

USEPA

Novel Reactor Design for Enhanced Removal of Fluoride Using A Modified Nalgonda Method

NSF

Experimental Evaluation And Modeling Of Hydraulic Flocculation Systems Under Conditions of Turbulent Flow

USEPA

Application of Foam Filtration to Water Treatment for Rapid Emergency Response

USEPA

Stacked Rapid Sand Filtration - A Robust Filtration Process for Sustainable Drinking Water

USEPA

Sustainable Water Treatment Facility for Communities with Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater

USEPA

Smart Turbidimeters for Remote Monitoring of Water Quality

USEPA

Stacked Rapid Sand Filtration - A Robust Filtration Process for Sustainable Drinking Water Infrastructure

USEPA

Developing A Point-of-Use Filter Utilizing Polyurethane Foam

USEPA

Dose Controller for AguaClara Water Treatment Plants

USEPA

Dose Controller for AguaClara Water Treatment Plants

USEPA

AguaClara: Clean Water for Small Communities
More gratitude below!

  • Ken Brown and the Sanjuan Foundation

  • Duane Stiller

  • Countless other donors whose contributions have made it possible to develop new technologies and share those technologies with partner organizations and communities

  • Many hundreds of students who gave their time and creativity so that others could have safe water on tap

  • The Swiss Development Cooperation that has funded the construction of 5 AguaClara plants in Honduras and 2 in Nicaragua

  • Cornell Engineering for providing generous funding in the startup years.