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.