From andy@cqs.washington.edu Wed Aug 4 17:47:31 1999 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id RAA09974 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:47:30 -0700 Received: from salmo.cqs.washington.edu (salmo.cqs.washington.edu [128.95.148.161]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.06) with ESMTP id RAA18534 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:47:30 -0700 Received: from localhost (andy@localhost) by salmo.cqs.washington.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA21297 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:47:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:47:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Andy Cooper To: PSSCB Subject: Request for Proposals (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 16:24:58 -0400 From: Jami Montgomery To: FWIM-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU Subject: Request for Proposals Press Release NEWS FROM THE WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION For Immediate Release Contact: Charles I. Noss August 2, 1999 Rose Noerr (703)684-2470 WERF ANNOUNCES $6+ MILLION IN NEW RESEARCH FOR 2000 New RFPs, Valued at $5 Million, Set for Aug. 11 Release (Alexandria, Va.) - Beginning August 11, 1999, WERF will accept Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for 25 of 35 projects approved by the research council, to begin in 2000, with a total value of approximately $5 million. Proposals are due to WERF by close of business Oct. 29, 1999. For a complete list of the available RFPs, see the reverse side of this release. These new projects bring the value of WERF's research program to nearly $50 million. The RFPs were developed in response to WERF subscriber input through the annual subscriber research needs survey, and are grouped under the following headings: collection and treatment; human health effects; beneficial biosolids reuse; water reuse; watershed management; and ecosystem management. The 10 remaining projects include additions to ongoing research projects and cooperative funding projects, which will be released later this year. WERF deputy director Charles I. Noss, Sc.D. said, "The Foundation's research plan extends well into the next century. The research projects for 2000 identify important directions focusing on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of wastewater treatment, advancing business processes, protecting health, exploring water reuse, and beneficially using biosolids in an environmentally sustainable manner." For a copy of the RFPs, check WERF's web page, at http://www.werf.org/fund/ sub_rfp.htm after August 11, 1999. Or, send or fax a request for an RFP package to: WERF, 601 Wythe Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA; phone 1(703)684-2470 and select option 4; fax 1(703)684-2492; or e-mail werf@wef.org. --- MORE --- WERF REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR 2000 RFPs Available August 11, 1999 Under "Available Opportunities" at http://www.werf.org Proposals Due Oct. 29, 1999. To receive any of the RFPs listed below, see the contact information listed on the reverse side. Collection and Treatment Systems (Valued at $975,000) 00-CTS-2 Determine the Effect of Individual Wastewater Characteristics and Variances on Primary Clarifier Performance - $100,000 00-CTS-3 Develop a Statistically Based Protocol to Evaluate the Capacity of Activated Sludge Systems - $150,000 00-CTS-4 Assessment of Treatment Technologies for Screening, Floatable Control, and Screenings Handling - $100,000 00-CTS-5 Determine the Extent of Redundancy Required to Support the Level of Risk - $75,000 00-CTS-6 Best Practices and Design for Treatment of Wet Weather Flow - $75,000 00-CTS-7 Decision Support Systems for Wastewater Facilities Management - $200,000 00-CTS-8 Feasibility of Membrane Technology for Wastewater Treatment - $125,000 00-CTS-10 Evaluate Feasibility of Methods to Minimize Biomass Production from Biotreatment - $150,000 Human Health Effects ($1,250,000) 00-HHE-1 Metabolic State Relationships to Indicator and Pathogen Survival in Wastewater Treatment - $250,000 00-HHE-2 Demonstration and Standardization of Sample Processing for Molecular Alternatives in Indicator Organism Monitoring and Pathogen Surveillance - $125,000/project (up to 4 projects may be funded) 00-HHE-5 Assessment of Municipal and Industrial Odor Sources and Control Technologies from Collection System through Final Use - $200,000 00-HHE-6 Disinfection of CSOs and SSOs (High-Flow and High Organic Load): Risk Benefit Analysis - $300,000 00-PUM-7 Development of a Cost Determination Protocol for Use in Benchmarking Biosolids Management Programs - $100,000 Biosolids Beneficial Use ($500,000) 00-PUM-5 Literature Review, Case Studies, and Survey Public Perception on Biosolids - $150,000 00-PUM-6 Assessment of Bioassay Procedures for Biosolids - $250,000 00-PUM-7 Development of a Cost Determination Protocol for Use in Benchmarking - $100,000 -2- Water Reuse ($200,000) 00-PUM-3 Evaluation of Microbial Risk Assessment Techniques and Application - $200,000 Watershed Management ($650,000) 00-WSM-2 Critical Assessment of TMDL Process: Phase IIb. Listing/De-Listing Process - $200,000 00-WSM-3 Process Model and Source Identification for Pathogen Fate and Transport through Watersheds - $200,000 00-WSM-4 Effects of Wet Weather Discharges on the Physical Character of Aquatic Habitat - $100,000 00-WSM-5 Regulatory and Environmental Decision-Making Outside the U.S. - $150,000 Ecosystem Management ($800,000) 00-ECO-1 Accounting for Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Variability in Evaluating Test Results - $300,000 00-ECO-2 Multiple Stressor Research: Critical Review of Long Term Data and Experimental Design - $200,000 00-ECO-4 Workshop for the Assessment of the State of Science in Development and Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals - $100,000 00-ECO-5 Development of a Study Plan for the Field Validation of WET Testing - $200,000 Contact WERF to receive a complete RFP package, or for more information. Call (703) 684-2470 and hit option 4; fax (703) 299-0742; or email werf@wef.org. The RFPs are also available on the WERF website, http://www.werf.org. ### The Water Environment Research Foundation, a not-for-profit organization affiliated with the Water Environment Federation, addresses water quality issues with a commitment to environmental protection, economic conservancy and enhanced quality of life. WERF Subscribers consist of wastewater utilities representing more than 60% of the U.S. sewered population and corporations sharing concerns for water quality issues. .