Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. (I, D, WF-Sag Harbor) announced today that the New York State Center for Clean Water Technology (CCWT) at Stony Brook University is focusing on developing and evaluating methods to remove emerging contaminants from drinking water supplies, with an initial focus on 1,4-dioxane. This effort represents the initial phase of a State-sponsored, multi-year program to proactively address emerging contaminants in drinking water.

The CCWT is soliciting proposals from water providers in NYS to install and test pilot-scale, advanced water treatment technologies to remove 1,4-dioxane from drinking water. The deadline for submission to the Pilot Grant Program is Friday, December 15, 2017. A Request for Proposals is attached.

The CCWT’s mission is to develop and commercialize affordable, high performance drinking water quality protection and restoration technologies that are suitable for widespread deployment (www.stonybrook.edu/cleanwater).