2006

Task 1: Arsenic Treatment for Rural Isolated Communities Develop and demonstrate a cost-effective, energy efficient, treatment technology to remove arsenic from challenge water in presence of other contaminants and ions such as silica and iron from drinking water in rural isolated communities

Task 2: Low Energy Use Desalinization system
Develop and demonstrate a low-cost, simple and reliable system for use in brackish water reclamation. The proposed solution must be applicable for use in inland desal facilities and should address waste issues, reject water handling and optimization, energy consumption, and associated costs.

Task 3: Cleaning of a water distribution system
Develop and demonstrate a simple, easy to implement, process to clean a large city water distribution system that has been contaminated. The proposed solution must address effectiveness, implementation issues in existing pipelines, & associated costs.

Task 4: Food Facility Contamination
Develop a simple and practical verification system to validate clean up of a food facility that has become contaminated with a microbiological or chemical agent. The solution must be cost effective and take into account all aspects of cleanup, including any waste disposal.

Task 5: Removal of TMAH from liquid waste collection system
Develop and demonstrate a cost effective, easy to implement, system for removal of tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide from concentrated steams in the semi-conductor industries. Your proposed solution must be able to address solubility, economics, and present a practical approach in segregation and treatment of TMAH.

Task 6: Eliminate black smoke from diesel operations
Develop and demonstrate a cost effective, efficient way to eliminate or reduce black smoke/plumes commonly associated with diesel generators. Your proposed solution must be easy to implement, maintain and operate while providing effective removal.

Task 7:Carbon Sequestration
Develop and demonstrate a new and innovative technique for removal and permanent storage of carbon dioxide from flue gas. Your proposed solution must address total carbon accounting and life cycle, carbon trading, economic issues, environmental impacts, and the associated costs.

Task 8: Underwater Pond Liner Repair System
Develop and demonstrate a system that repairs pre-identified leaks (tears or punctures) in pond liners made from synthetic (including geo-synthetic) materials, without the need to drain and clean the pond.

High School Task
High Schools may address any of the tasks above or select a task of their own to work on. We categorized that as an “Open Task”. Prior approval has been given by WERC on the subject of their Open Task.