Great Lakes ReNEW
The mission of Great Lakes ReNEW is to accelerate the transition to a circular blue economy, turning waste into wealth for the communities of the Great Lakes region and beyond.
As growing water scarcity threatens ecosystems and economies across the globe, the Great Lakes region is positioned to secure supply chains and boost U.S. competitiveness in today’s transformational industries.
cowerc
Israel-US CoWERC is a consortium of leading research institutions, water utilities, and private companies. The US team is led by Northwestern University and includes Argonne National Laboratory, Yale University, DuPont Water Solutions, Evoqua, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), Current, and CycloPure. The Israeli team is led by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and includes the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Mekorot-Israel National Water Company Fluence Corporation, and The Galilee Society.
crocus
CROCUS is an Urban Integrated Field Laboratory led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory in partnership with academic and community organizations and civic and industry champions.
WISE Scales
Water Insecurity Experiences (WISE) Scales enables scientists, program developers, community leaders, and policymakers to determine the magnitude of water insecurity within and across communities, track its changes over time, inform the development and implementation of targeted policies and programs to improve water security, and measure the effectiveness of various interventions.
STRONG Manoomin Collective
The STRONG Manoomin Collective is a tribally-driven research effort that aims to strengthen Ojibwe resilience by supporting development of scientific and environmental governance capacity. Guided by an Indigenous knowledge framework, our work converges social science and advanced computing, sensing, and data science methods to address critical environmental, ecological, and governance needs identified by collaborating Ojibwe Nations. The Collective currently includes the following funded projects: