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Evaluating Scalability, Reproducibility, and Impact of GenAI and Agentic AI in the Water and Wastewater Sector (Project 5394) is sponsored by Water Research Foundation (WRF). This upcoming grant explicitly focuses on evaluating Generative AI (GenAI) and Agentic AI in the water and wastewater sector. This is a very strong fit for an AI app related to 'poop' as wastewater management directly deals with human waste.
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5394 - Evaluating Scalability, Reproducibility, and Impact of GenAI and Agentic AI in the Water and Wastewater Sector Identify ways for utilities to overcome key barriers to the adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Agentic AI, including actionable guardrails such as integrating cybersecurity protocols into operations, implementing secure development practices into model training and deployment, and adopting and applying the National Institute of Standards and Technology AI risk management framework core functions, which help ensure secure AI deployment (NIST 2016).
Identify a minimum of four unique and meaningful GenAI pilot applications within the water/wastewater sector and implement each application at two additional utilities. Document the transfer process, data governance and data quality requirements, operational insights, lessons learned on reproducibility, and early impacts of each demonstration. One application should focus on knowledge transfer and training.
Catalogue Agentic AI applications currently in use within the water/wastewater sector and capture key lessons learned and early impacts from each application. Reproduce one low-effort Agentic AI application at another utility and document the transfer process and lessons learned. WRF RFP Contact: Sydney Samples For instructions on how to submit proposals, refer to these instructions or this video .
The Potential Participants listed at the bottom of this page have indicated interest in participating in this research. This information is updated frequently as utilities are encouraged to volunteer throughout the RFP cycle.
Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority City of Phoenix Water Services Department Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati Renewable Water Resources Name & Address Contact & Title Contact Email & Phone Action Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority 6 Snake Road Okatie SC 29909-3937 United States Asset Management Program Manager deedee. blackard@bjwsa.
org City of Phoenix Water Services Department 200 W Washington Street, 9th Fl. Phoenix AZ 85003-1611 United States ling. xiao.
wang@phoenix. gov Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati 1600 Gest St. Cincinnati OH 45204 United States scott.
bessler@cincinnati-oh. gov Renewable Water Resources 561 Mauldin Rd. Greenville SC 29607 United States Process Optimization and Planning Manager 9 Leslie St.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Utilities are expected to be involved, and the research aims to help utilities overcome barriers to AI adoption. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $200,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Evaluating Scalability, Reproducibility, and Impact of GenAI and Agentic AI in the Water and Wastewater Sector (Project 5394) is funded by Water Research Foundation (WRF). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The Water Research Foundation's RFP 5394 — up to $200,000 to evaluate GenAI and Agentic AI scalability across at least six water and wastewater utilities, NIST AI RMF integration required, proposals due 3 p.m. Mountain Time on May 20 — is the first major sector-utility-funded AI research initiative to bake risk-management framework compliance into the work statement. Four days remain.
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