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The Water Research Foundation (WRF) is the world’s leading research organization advancing the science of water to improve the quality of life.

We are a nonprofit water research organization that operates with funding from subscribers and the federal government.

07/29/2026

What if your next research project could help utilities better prepare for droughts, strengthen critical infrastructure, advance AI-powered water quality monitoring, or build the water workforce of the future?

We're excited to announce 𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗥𝗙-𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 now open for proposals. These projects address critical challenges facing the water sector and are designed to deliver actionable solutions for utilities and practitioners.

Whether you're part of a utility, university, consulting firm, government agency, or research organization, we invite you to bring your expertise and ideas forward.

Together, we can help advance the science and practice of water management.

Explore the opportunities and start working on your proposal today: https://www.waterrf.org/news/new-wrf-funding-opportunity-eight-research-projects-now-open-proposals

06/22/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Award Winners 👏 🏆

⭐Today at , we awarded the Research Innovation Award to John Norton, Jr., P.E., Director of Research and Innovation at the Great Lakes Water Authority. Dr. Norton has shown exceptional leadership in advancing utility-driven research that strengthens water and wastewater system performance and has contributed extensively to WRF projects focused on groundwater quality, biosolids, PFAS, climate change, and prestressed concrete cylinder pipe.

⭐The recipients of the Subscriber Impact Awards, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and Massachusettes Water Resources Authority, are subscribing utilities that have made notable improvements to their treatment, delivery, and management processes through the successful application of WRF research. Both utilities have been subscribers for decades and have participated in over 100 WRF projects!

Thank you for your leadership and support for WRF! 🤝

03/10/2026

Today we celebrated the 4th Birthday of our Water Nerd 🎉

Shoutout to all the out there who bring their passion to the water sector every single day! 💧 🤓

01/21/2026

Okay, we'll hop on the 2016 trend 📲

⏪ POV, The year is 2016 and we just published Project 4309, "Residential End Uses of Water, Version 2." 👀

🔎 Can you spot our old logo and heavy paperback report? 🧐

⏩Fast forward to 2026, and we are anticipating the publication of WRF project 5242, "Residential End Uses of Water, Version 3: A Single-Family and Multi-Family Study," led by PI Peter Mayer (WaterDM), Flume Water, California Urban Water Agencies (CUWA), and our Research Principal, Sydney Samples.

Follow along with the project here ⏩https://www.waterrf.org/research/projects/residential-end-uses-water-version-3-single-family-and-multi-family-study

12/01/2025

Here’s what we published in November! 💧

topics include UV treatment, holistic wet weather management, wildfire resilience, PFAS in sludge, and more!

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6666 West Quincy Avenue
Denver, CO
80235

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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+13033476113

Website

http://www.waterrf.org/

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