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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency

Office of Research and Development

FY19-22 StRAP

SSWR Research Program Overview

Sustainable Water Resources Research Program

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Research Vision

Addressing Environmental Challenges

The SSWR Strategic Research Action Plan (StRAP) addresses the
interrelated challenges of impaired watersheds and water quality
that collectively threaten our Nation's water resources :

•	Persistent and new contaminants

•	Excess nutrients and harmful algal blooms

•	Diminished water availability

•	Aging water infrastructure

•	Knowledge gaps in the value of water quality

SSWR's commitment to robust
research and scientific analyses will
support innovative scientific and
technological solutions that ensure
adequate supplies of clean water to
protect people's health and
livelihood, to protect and restore
watersheds and aquatic ecosystems
and to strengthen the economy.

Nutrients and
Harmful Algal Blooms

Will comprehensively address nutrient issues
and one of the primary impacts of excess
nutrients in water bodies—HABs. HABs
research will focus on detection, toxicity, and
impacts to humans and biota, and tools to
mitigate exposure. Nutrients research will
address nutrient-related impacts in watersheds
and water bodies and support water quality
management goals.

Water Treatment and
Infrastructure

Will provide innovative methods for assessing
and treating water from source to tap and back
to the source for enhancing water supplies.
Focuses on the assessment and control of
opportunistic pathogens and disinfection
byproducts, analytical methods development,
optimization and application of tools for
improving water infrastructure, and
augmentation of reliable water sources through
research on water reuse and stormwater capture

Watersheds

Will advance integrated water quality and
watershed management tools to protect and
restore water resources. Research in this topic

will provide nationally- and regionally-
consistent tools to assess ecological status and
trends, set attainable goals, and monitor
progress toward these goals.

Research Topics

Communication
and Outreach

SSWR recognizes the importance of disseminating
information, data, and models and tools to
partners, stakeholders, and the public though
communication and outreach activities.

Research website: epa.gov/water-research

Webinars: epa.gov/water-research/water-research-webinars

Workshops: epa.gov/water-research/16th-annual-epa-drinkirig-water-workshop

Fact sheets: epa.gov/water-research/water-research-fact-sheets

Featured articles: epa.gov/sciencematters/

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