NDWRCDP Summary Research and Outreach Materials

Cities, towns, and suburbs across the globe increasingly are turning to decentralized treatment approaches to solve their drinking water and wastewater challenges. The Decentralized Water Resources Collaborative (DWRC; formerly known as the National Decentralized Water Resources Capacity Development Project [NDWRCDP]), is a cooperative effort funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that supported research and development to improve understanding of, and strengthen the foundations of training and practice in, the field of onsite/decentralized wastewater and stormwater treatment.

There have been over 70 different research projects conducted under the DWRC. This project prepared outreach products in a variety of educational formats to help audiences understand, locate, and use the key findings, tools, and resources produced from the multi-year, DWRC research effort. The outreach products developed include: (1) Decentralized Water Resources: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions, highlighting key issues and topics, and including links to DWRC research information and resources; (2) Research & Products from the Decentralized Water Resources Collaborative, a four-page brochure introducing DWRC products; (3) Quick Guide to Research and Products, a simple, graphical snapshot of every product available from the DWRC; (4) Decentralized Approaches and Technologies for Water Resources Management, a presentation that anyone can use to educate key stakeholders about the decentralized resources and tools available from the DWRC; and (5) Decentralized Systems: An Emerging Tool for Wastewater Utilities, a brief for use by centralized wastewater agencies that explains what decentralized systems are, what opportunities they provide, and what resources are available from the DWRC.

For all products from the DWRC, visit www.decentralizedwater.org.

Originally funded as WERF project DEC3R08.