National Priorities: Impacts of Water Conservation on Water Quality in Premise Plumbing and Water Distribution Systems

 

EPA is issuing this Request for Applications (RFA) to fund research into issues of water quality and availability related to distribution systems and premise plumbing systems under lower-flow conditions. The National Research Council (NRC) defines â₏œpremise plumbingâ₏ as that portion of the distribution system from the main water ferrule or water meter to the consumerâ₏™s tap in homes, schools, and other buildings. The national scope and high priority of these issues of water quality and availability related to premise plumbing and water distribution systems is evidenced by this NRC report, which attests that a substantial proportion of the nationâ₏™s waterborne disease outbreaks is attributable to issues within these systems. Increasing potential incidences of disinfection residual loss due to the high water age will only exacerbate this situation (NRC, 2005).

Active EPA-G2016-ORD-B1 Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Cooperative Agreement, Grant 2 Please see the announcement including Section III for additional eligibility information Please see the announcement including Section IV for additional submission information. 03/17/2016 This program has cost sharing or matching requirements. Technical Contact: Ben Packard,703-347-8087; Eligibility Contact: Ron Josephson,703-308-0442; Electronic Submissions, Debra M. Jones, 703-347-8081 www.epa.gov/research-grants/national-priorities-impacts-water-conservation-water-quality-premise-plumbing-and jones.debram@epa.gov; packard.benjamin@epa.gov; josephson.ron@epa.gov $3,978,000.00 Awards up to $1,989,000.00