NA24OARX021G0027
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Purpose: High-intensity storm events, which are occurring with more frequency and intensity, can overburden aging municipal infrastructure, forcing utility leaders in both urban and rural service areas to decide between overflowing untreated sewage into waterways (sewer overflows) or backing up basements with contaminated water.
In the U.S., 850 billion gallons of untreated sewage are discharged into lakes, rivers, and oceans every year.
Climate change, population growth, and aging infrastructure are only making matters worse, particularly within coastal regions.
Utility decision-makers and the communities they serve require new solutions to address this growing concern.
Rapid Radicals patent-pending catalytically enhanced advanced oxidation process can treat wastewater to the same quality or greater than conventional treatment 20 times faster in 95% less space.
This proposal focuses on innovating two key technical milestones required for municipal deployment of the core technology: (1) determining the feasibility of applying a scalable catalyst to the process to decrease treatment time and improve energy efficiency and (2) integrating machine learning models into the automated system for more energy-efficient and reliable decentralized wastewater treatment.
Advancing these technical milestones will increase the Rapid Radicals systems ability to help utility decision-makers be more agile and responsive in building climate resilience.
In the U.S., 850 billion gallons of untreated sewage are discharged into lakes, rivers, and oceans every year.
Climate change, population growth, and aging infrastructure are only making matters worse, particularly within coastal regions.
Utility decision-makers and the communities they serve require new solutions to address this growing concern.
Rapid Radicals patent-pending catalytically enhanced advanced oxidation process can treat wastewater to the same quality or greater than conventional treatment 20 times faster in 95% less space.
This proposal focuses on innovating two key technical milestones required for municipal deployment of the core technology: (1) determining the feasibility of applying a scalable catalyst to the process to decrease treatment time and improve energy efficiency and (2) integrating machine learning models into the automated system for more energy-efficient and reliable decentralized wastewater treatment.
Advancing these technical milestones will increase the Rapid Radicals systems ability to help utility decision-makers be more agile and responsive in building climate resilience.
Awardee
Funding Goals
18 CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION 19 WEATHER-READY NATION 20 HEALTHY OCEANS 21 RESILIENT COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIES
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
532073736
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Rapid Radicals Technology was awarded
Project Grant NA24OARX021G0027
worth $174,536
from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in August 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Milwaukee Wisconsin United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 months and
was awarded through assistance program 11.021 NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity NOAA SBIR FY 2024 Phase I.
SBIR Details
Research Type
SBIR Phase I
Title
Integrating decentralized wastewater treatment into municipal infrastructure for increased resilience during intense precipitation events
Abstract
High-intensity storm events, which are occurring with more frequency and intensity, can overburden aging municipal infrastructure, forcing utility leaders in both urban and rural service areas to decide between overflowing untreated sewage into waterways (sewer overflows) or backing up basements with contaminated water. In the U.S., 850 billion gallons of untreated sewage are discharged into lakes, rivers, and oceans every year. Climate change, population growth, and aging infrastructure are only making matters worse, particularly within coastal regions. Utility decision-makers and the communities they serve require new solutions to address this growing concern. Rapid Radicals’ patent-pending catalytically enhanced advanced oxidation process can treat wastewater to the same quality or greater than conventional treatment 20 times faster in 95% less space. This proposal focuses on innovating two key technical milestones required for municipal deployment of the core technology: (1) determining the feasibility of applying a scalable catalyst to the process to decrease treatment time and improve energy efficiency and (2) integrating machine learning models into the automated system for more energy-efficient and reliable decentralized wastewater treatment. Advancing these technical milestones will increase the Rapid Radicals system’s ability to help utility decision-makers be more agile and responsive in building climate resilience.
Topic Code
9.2
Solicitation Number
NOAA-OAR-TPO-2024-2008184
Status
(Complete)
Last Modified 3/5/25
Period of Performance
8/1/24
Start Date
1/31/25
End Date
Funding Split
$174.5K
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$174.5K
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to NA24OARX021G0027
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
NA24OARX021G0027
SAI Number
NA24OARX021G0027-002
Award ID URI
None
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
1305N2 DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
Funding Office
1333BR OFC OF PROG.PLANNING&INTEGRATION
Awardee UEI
FVEUCETWNNL4
Awardee CAGE
86YJ1
Performance District
WI-04
Senators
Tammy Baldwin
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
Modified: 3/5/25