National Water Research Institute is a 501c3 nonprofit that collaborates with water utilities, regulators, and researchers in innovative ways to help develop new, healthy sources of drinking water.
We assemble teams of scientific and technical experts that provide credible independent review of water projects, develop recommendations that support investment in water infrastructure and public health, and enable water resource management decisions grounded in science and best practices.
We fund fellowships to support the water scientists of tomorrow, and we award the Clarke Prize, one of the world’s leading water-industry prizes, to water scientists, researchers, and policy experts that are making a difference today.
NWRI completes guidelines for DPR in Colorado
NWRI recently delivered guidelines for safe and effective implementation of direct potable reuse in Colorado. The state introduced a comprehensive Water Plan in 2015, with the goal of identifying water supply and demand strategies, which include conservation, storage, land-use planning, sharing water with agriculture, and reuse. The plan set forth measurable objectives, goals, and actions by which Colorado will address its projected water needs and measure progress.
We engaged a six-member panel of experts who, over the course of three meetings in two years, developed this consensus-based technical report. WateReuse Colorado sponsored this effort to provide expert guidance to the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
