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NAWI (National Alliance for Water Innovation); Advancing the way we treat and use water and resources
NAWI is a 5-year, $110M research program supported by the U.S. Department of Energy in partnership with the California Department of Water Resources, the California State Water Resources Control Board, and numerous industry and academic partners. NAWI is headquartered at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). It was co-founded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
NAWI aims to secure an affordable, energy-efficient, and resilient water supply for the US economy through decentralized, fit-for-purpose desalination. In particular, NAWI is working to develop a portfolio of technologies that enables 90% of nontraditional water sources to be treatable at a levelized cost comparable to today’s marginal water supplies within 10 years.
“We aim to identify the key barriers to lowering the cost and energy of water treatment and then attack those barriers through a coordinated campaign of applied research”