HOW WE CAN
WORK TOGETHER
We partner directly with businesses and organizations to
perform the necessary research, testing, and modeling.
Center for Excellence in Produced
Water Management
Our Mission
To develop and implement environmentally sustainable and economically fruitful water resource recovery programs for industrial and municipal wastewaters.
Collaboration
Breakthroughs
Impact
Areas of Research
The Center for Excellence in Produced Water Management (CEPWM) provides innovative science and engineering research for application in the oil and gas industry for the purposes of reducing environmental impacts, improving industry process efficiencies, increasing profitability, and enhancing society benefits.
Treatment technology development and evaluation
We help companies develop technologies, and provide baseline data on how those technologies perform.
Resource extraction and exploitation
Produced waters contain a myriad of valuable resources, such as minerals, precious metals, and rare earth elements.
Produced water economics and beneficial reuse
The mission of our research is to determine the cost points where water reuse is a viable option.
Our Projects
Membrane Technology Development for Desalination and Organics Removal
Water Sampling Program
Initiate a produced water-sampling program and develop an online database of water quality parameters.
Nanocomposite Membranes
Synthesize next-generation nanocomposite membranes for thermally driven desalination processes.
Resource Potential and Techno-Economic Assessment of Rare Earth Element (REE) recovery from Oil Field Brines
Demonstration Facility
Design a demonstration facility to validate and assess resource recovery technology(s) that have demonstrated promise in bench-scale evaluations.
Benefits
Characterize benefits of increase in drinking water inflow associated with average amount of produced water.
Leadership
We are a team of scientists, engineers, innovators, and educators who have joined together to create synergies across multiple areas of produced water management. Collectively, we represent 100+ years of experience across our respective areas of expertise.