This Department Grant: Decarbonization of Water Resource Recovery Facilities (D-WRRF)

Modification Announcement 0002:

Changes include updates to the following sections:

1.II.A.i. Estimated Funding

2.III.A.iv. Domestic Entities

3.III.A.v. Foreign Entities

4.Updated file size maximum to 50MB in Sections IV.B and IV.D.i.

5.IV.D.i. Full Application Content Requirements

6.IV.D.iii. Resumes

7.IV.D.xvii. Current and Pending Support

8.IV.J.ix. Risk Assessment

9.VIII.N Export Control

10.Appendix C. Waiver Requests FOR: 1. Foreign Entity Participation; and 2. Foreign Work

11.Appendix D. Required Use of American Iron, Steel, Manufactured Products, and Construction Materials

12.Added Section IV.D.xviii. Transparency of Foreign Connections

13.Added Section IV.D.xix. Potentially Duplicative Funding Notice

14.Added Section IV.J.xi. Prohibition Related to Foreign Government-Sponsored Talent Recruitment Programs

15.Added Section IV.J.xii. Foreign Collaboration Considerations

16.Added Section VI.B.xx. Interim Conflict of Interest Policy for Financial Assistance

17.Added Section VI.B.xxii. Fraud, Waste and Abuse

18.Added Section VIII.O. Prohibition on Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

19.Added an additional category of applications specifically not of interest in Section I.C.

The purpose of this announcement is to stimulate RD&D to decarbonize the entire life cycle of Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs), formerly known as Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs). It targets both individual unit processes at earlier stages of technological development, and entire treatment trains at higher levels of technological readiness. It seeks to address both direct and indirect emissions from WRRFs, with the complementary goal of reducing costs, particularly in energy usage and sludge management, to improve the probabilities of real-world adoption.