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Chicago to Build On Wastewater Reuse Research Done by Paul Anderson
In 2004 NCER launched the Collaborative Science and Technology Network for Sustainability (CNS). The grant-based program was designed to fund projects which explored new, collaborative, and system-based approaches to sustainability. In its first year the program funded 12 projects, one of which was developed by Paul R. Anderson.
Dr. Anderson is an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology. His project was funded with the intention of developing a decision model in regards to urban water use. The model would be multi-objective meaning it would take into account a variety of factors including those of an economic, social, environmental, and technological nature. The hope was that it could lay the foundation for a water reuse ordinance in the Chicago metropolitan area. Since the project began in 2004 Dr. Anderson and his associates have presented their findings and recommendations at no fewer than seven locations around Illinois, three in Taiwan, one in Denver, and one in Washington, DC. Whether their findings will form the basis for an ordinance remains an open question; however, Dr. Anderson is collaborating with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) to find a practical means of implementing his results. The role of CMAP in the project is to actively identify stakeholders, provide advice, and disseminate information collected by Anderson from his research. In addition, it is attempting to provide forums and conferences where Anderson can present his work. Finally, it proposes to regionalize Anderson’s findings by applying them to its eleven-county regional water supply planning area. This information would then be included in the regional water supply plan that CMAP is developing in partnership with the State of Illinois.