CLEAN Water Pollution Control Center

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. 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.

expertise

• Wastewater Treatment Technology
• Contaminant Transport
• Nonpoint Source Pollution
• Water Quality Modeling

partners

• Academic Institutions
  • Colorado State University
  • University of Colorado – Boulder
  • North Carolina State University
  • The University of Georgia
  • University of California – Irvine
• Federal Agencies
  • US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
  • US Geological Survey (USGS)
  • US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS)
• State and Local Agencies
  • Colorado Department of Health and Environment
  • City of Fort Collins
  • Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
• Private Sector
  • Wright Water Engineers
  • Colorado Water Innovation Cluster

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

Products

• CLEAN Nutrient Planning Tool
• Publications Database
• Project Summary