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The Role of Water Treatment in Increasing Water Supplies Yuliana Porras-Mendoza – Advanced Water Treatment Coordinator Katie Guerra – Chemical Engineer

Benefits of Desalination Provide local Effective for Mitigate supply Diversify water control of water large and small risks supply portfolio supply communities Photo credit: livescience.com, irabel8 / Shutterstock.com

Application Challenges • Cost (Capital and O&M) • Operational complexity • Environmental impacts • Public perception New technologies and research advancements can help overcome these barriers!

Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility  Supply 4 different brackish water sources  Abundant solar resource  Outdoor test pads  Laboratory facility  3+ years of meteorological data

Internal and External Research Studies • Science & Technology (S&T) ~$2m in FY17 – Funds Reclamation researchers – Competitive program, open to external partnerships – New call for FY18; proposal currently under review • Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) ~$5m in FY17 – Competitive program • laboratory scale • pilot scale, and • demonstration scale – Funds nationwide applicants – O&M of BGNDRF in Alamogordo, NM

NMSU Collaboration • NMSU – Competitive R&D by NMSU faculty – Inter-disciplinary “Directed Research” project • Reclamation – Collaboration with Reclamation scientists and engineers – Use BGNDRF and staff support • Community/Stakeholders – Identify local challenges that can be solved Brackish Groundwater National with non-traditional water supplies Desalination Research Facility, Alamogordo, NM

S&T AWT – Pitch to Pilot Seeking innovative water treatment technologies at the pilot scale Phase I: 15 page white paper Phase II: In-person “pitch” at BGNDRF in Alamogordo, NM Received 12 applications, awarded three $100k awards

Learn more at www.usbr.gov/research/challenges 8 Authorized by the America COMPETES Act of 2010 (15 USC 3719)

Prize Competitions Launched December 2016 Arsenic Sensor Challenge More Water, Less Concentrate Challenge

Brackish Groundwater Collaboration with USGS Interactive map-based tool to evaluate brackish groundwater sources for common beneficial uses

Thank You Katie Guerra Yuliana Porras Mendoza 303-445-2265 303-445-2013 yporrasmendoza@usbr.gov kguerra@usbr.gov www.usbr.gov/research/dwpr