CLEAN Water Pollution Control Center

Center of Innovation

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The CLEAN Center brings together contributors in nutrient management sectors to assess sustainable solutions for the reduction nutrient pollution.

The Center for Comprehensive, optimaL and Effective Abatement of Nutrients (CLEAN Center) was built to create knowledge, build capacity, and forge collaboration to develop and demonstrate sustainable solutions for reduction of nutrient pollution in the nation’s water resources. 

Focus Areas

The Center’s activities are organized around three major themes: understanding the physical system, understanding people and policy, and enhancing the capacity for assessment and decision-making.

Wastewater Treatment Technology

Contaminant Transport

Nonpoint Source Pollution

Water Quality Modeling

CENTER PARTNERS

Academic Institutions

  • Colorado State University
  • University of Colorado – Boulder
  • North Carolina State University
  • University of California – Irvine

 

Private Sector

  • Wright Water Engineers
  • Colorado Water Innovation Cluster

 

Federal & State Agencies

  • US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
  • US Geological Survey (USGS)
  • US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS)
  • Colorado Department of Health and Environment
  • City of Fort Collins
  • Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

Projects

Urban Wastewater and Water Demand Reduction
Urban Stormwater
Nutrient Reduction in Agricultural Watersheds
Fluvial Instability and Riparian Degradation
Incentives for Nutrient Managment
Nutrient Data, Analysis and Modeling Dashboard
Nutrient Management Tradeoffs and Targets