"HDR Water Research Studies"
HDR is currently leading research projects regarding high quality water and infrastructure reliability for the Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to developing technology and guidance documents for the water utility industry. Our experts, working in partnership with Water Research Foundation-member utilities and universities, carefully examine new approaches to water characterization, treatment and distribution developing a knowledge base to help you make important decisions regarding the safety and future of your water systems.
For example, when you need answers on how to achieve optimal corrosion control in your distribution system or how to apply emerging technology for arsenic and manganese removal, HDR has first-hand experience from the frontlines of research to help you choose the right approach and technology. Below is a list of current and past Water Research Foundation research projects completed by HDR. You may purchase a copy of any published report by following the link to Water Research Foundation's website via the Project Number or Water Research Foundation Order Number below.
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Efficient and Customer Responsive Organization
Project Name: Case Studies of Best Practice and Innovation in Asset Management – GWRC
Project No.: 4111
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2007
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 4111
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: Effect of Coagulant Changeover on Release of Lead From Plumbing Materials
Project No.: 4088
Contractor: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University/HDR
Year Funded: 2007
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: TBD
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: Evaluation of Membrane Characterization Methods
Project No.: 4102
Contractor: University of Nevada at Reno/HDR
Year Funded: 2007
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: TBD
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: Investigation of Vibratory RO to Achieve >99% Water Recovery or Treat RO Brines
Project No.: 4148
Contractor: University of Washington/HDR
Year Funded: 2007
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: TBD
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Criteria for Optimized Distribution Systems"
Project Number: 4109
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2007
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: TBD
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Guidelines for Developing, Calibrating, and Using Hydraulic Models"
Project Number: 4018
Contractor: HDR/Malcolm Pirnie
Year Funded: 2006
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: TBD
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Efficient and Customer Responsive Organizations
Project Name: "Asset Management Research Needs Roadmap"
Project Number: 4002
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2006
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91216
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Impact on the Change in Disinfectants on Lead, Brass, and Copper Components in the Distribution System"
Project Number: 3107
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2005
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91152
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Strategy to Manage and Respond to Total Coliforms and E. coli in the Distribution System"
Prj Number: 3116
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2005
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91259
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Assessment of Inorganic Accumulation in Drinking Water System Scales and Sediments"
Prj Number: 3118
Contractor: HDR, University of Iowa and University of Washington
Year Funded: 2005
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: TBD
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Performance and Metal Release of Non-Leaded Brass Meters and Fixtures"
Prj Number: 3112
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2005
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91174
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Efficient and Customer Responsive Organization
Project Name: "Evaluation of the Dynamic Energy Consumption of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies"
Prj Number: 3056
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2004
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91231
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Contribution of Service Line and Plumbing Fixtures to Lead and Copper Rule Compliance Issues"
Prj Number: 3018
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2004
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91231
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Vulnerable Points in Water Distribution Systems"
Prj Number: 2931
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2003
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91066F
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points for Distribution System Protection"
Prj Number: 2856
Contractor: HDR and RC for Water Quality and Treatment (Australia)
Year Funded: 2002
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91131
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Development of Distribution System Optimization Plans"
Prj Number: 2875
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2002
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91069
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Advanced Processes for Simultaneous Arsenic and Manganese Removal"
Prj Number: 2748
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2001
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91091
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Efficient and Customer Responsive Organization
Project Name: "Integrated Water Quality Management"
Prj Number: 2764
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2001
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91048F
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Optimizing Chloramine Treatment" Second Edition
Prj Number: 2760
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2001
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90993
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Post-Optimization Lead and Copper Control Monitoring Strategies"
Prj Number: 2679
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2000
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90996F
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Verification and Control of Pressure Transients and Intrusion in Distribution Systems"
Prj Number: 2686
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2000
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91001F
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Environmental Leadership
Project Name: "Strategic Business Planning as a Water Resource Management Tool"
Prj Number: 2698
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 2000
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90905
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Efficient and Customer Responsive Organization
Project Name: "Synthesis Document on Arsenic in Drinking Water"
Prj Number: 2630
Contractor: HDR/McGuire Environmental Consultants/University of NC-Chapel Hill/ Montgomery Watson
Year Funded: 1999
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90792
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Demonstration of Emerging Technologies for Arsenic Removal"
Prj Number: 2661
Contractor: HDR/Malcolm Pirnie Inc./University of Washington
Year Funded: 1999
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: Volume 1- 90974 Volume 2-91085
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Implementation of Arsenic Treatment Systems Part 2: Design Considerations, Operation, and Maintenance"
Prj Number: 2665
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 1999
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90910
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Practices to Prevent Microbiological Contamination of Water Mains"
Prj Number: 2610
Contractor: HDR and Philadelphia Water Dept.
Year Funded: 1999
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90869a; 90869b
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Establishing Site-Specific Flushing Velocities"
Prj Number: 2606
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 1999
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90964F
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Modeling DBP Formation Kinetics: Mechanistic and Spectroscopic Approaches"
Prj Number: 2597
Contractor: HDR, University of Washington
Year Funded: 1999
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 91000F
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Guidance Manual for Monitoring Distribution System Water Quality"
Prj Number: 2522
Contractor: HDR and BV
Year Funded: 1998
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90882
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Combining Adsorbents With Membranes for Water Treatment"
Prj Number: 2557
Contractor: HDR, University of Washington
Year Funded: 1998
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90894
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Lead Pipe Rehabilitation and Replacement Techniques"
Prj Number: 465
Contractor: HDR and WRc
Year Funded: 1997
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90789
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Pathogen Intrusion into the Distribution System"
Prj Number: 436
Contractor: HDR and Amer.WW Service Co./ University of Kentucky
Year Funded: 1997
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90835
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Efficient and Customer Responsive Organization
Project Name: "Quality Energy Efficiency Retrofits for Water Systems"
Prj Number: 298
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 1996
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: CR-107838
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Environmental Leadership
Project Name: "Managing Constraints to Water Source Development"
Prj Number: 343
Contractor: HDR and BV
Year Funded: 1996
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90779
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Guidance Manual for Maintaining Distribution System Water Quality"
Prj Number: 357
Contractor: HDR, BV and Consumers Water Co.
Year Funded: 1996
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90798
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Development of Red Water Control Strategies"
Prj Number: 368
Contractor: HDR and BV
Year Funded: 1996
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90883
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Maintaining Water Quality in Finished Water Storage Facilities"
Prj Number: 254
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 1995
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90763
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Arsenic Treatability Options and Evaluation of Residuals Management Issues"
Prj Number: 153
Contractor: HDR, University of Colorado, University of Washington and CH2M-Hill
Year Funded: 1994
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90771
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Characterization of Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water"
Prj Number: 159
Contractor: HDR/ SAUR/ Dynamco, Inc./ University of Washington/ University of Poitiers/ USGS
Year Funded: 1994
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90780
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Distribution System Water Quality Changes following Corrosion Control Strategies"
Prj Number: 157
Contractor: HDR and BV
Year Funded: 1994
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90764
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "A General Framework for Corrosion Control based on Utility Experience"
Prj Number: 910
Contractor: HDR, University of Colorado-Boulder
Year Funded: 1993
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90712
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Aluminum, Drinking Water, and Alzheimer's Disease"
Prj Number: 818
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 1992
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90683
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "An Assessment of Water Distribution Systems and Associated Research Needs"
Prj Number: 706
Contractor: HDR, Roy F. Weston and General WW Corp.
Year Funded: 1991
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90658
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Nitrification Occurrence and Control in Chloraminated Water Systems"
Prj Number: 710
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 1991
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90669
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "NOM Adsorption onto Iron-Oxide-Coated Sand"
Prj Number: 635
Contractor: HDR and University of Washington-Seattle
Year Funded: 1990
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90632
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Development of Pipe Loop Protocol for Lead Control"
Prj Number: 604
Contractor: HDR, Illinois State Water Survey
Year Funded: 1990
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90650
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Optimizing Chloramine Treatment"
Prj Number: 610
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 1990
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90620
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Chloramine Effects on Distribution System Materials"
Prj Number: 508
Contractor: University of North Carolina-Charlotte, HDR
Year Funded: 1989
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90624
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Lead Control Strategies"
Prj Number: 406
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 1988
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90559
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: Infrastructure Reliability
Project Name: "Economics of Internal Corrosion Control"
Prj Number: 311
Contractor: HDR
Year Funded: 1987
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90562
Sponsor: Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF)
Goal Area: High Quality Water
Project Name: "Chemistry of Corrosion Inhibitors in Potable Water"
Prj Number: 106
Contractor: HDR and University of Washington
Year Funded: 1985
Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Order #: 90561