EAGER: Initiating a Transformative Building Water System Research Collaborative in Rapid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

EAGER：发起变革性建筑供水系统研究合作，以快速应对 COVID-19 大流行

• 批准号: 2039498
• 负责人: Andrew Whelton
• 金额: $ 16.5万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2039498&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Initiating; Transformative; Building; Water

2039498 (Whelton). There's been no other time in modern history where more than 5.6 million U.S. buildings have low to no water use, offering potentially widespread chemical and microbial health risks across the nation. It is unclear how these nationwide water stagnation events will impact water quality and ultimately public health. Furthermore, there is even less data and communication about effective water system rehabilitation practices following prolonged water stagnation. The goal of this project is to rapidly organize and lead a nation-wide Building Water Systems Research Collaborative with multiple institutions focused on generating and sharing new knowledge within the research community and with the public. The collaborative will share cutting-edge knowledge, protocols, best analytical practices, big data, and field practices through a series of formal interactions amongst an interdisciplinary team with a common focus. Because of heightened health concerns, building system complexity, and a variety of investigative approaches and reporting, there is potential for public confusion and loss of confidence as studies are published one at a time without context. Thus, it is in the public's best interest that collaborations be fueled and researchers share knowledge towards a broader understanding. This collaborative will help catalyze a deeper focus on fundamental discovery, facilitate rapid sharing of knowledge being developed, and also stave off potential confusion from the scientific community. Currently, there's no formal mechanism by which institutions share methods, preliminary results, research, and communication strategies in real time about building water systems. There also is no training for researchers responding to a disaster to gain expertise on relevant science communication – before communicating. This effort will help focus U.S. research efforts into a common collaborative, thereby maximizing their robustness, and impact of results from multiple studies.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

2039498（Whelton）。在现代历史上，没有其他时间在美国有超过560万个建筑物的用水低到没有用水，在全国范围内提供了潜在的化学和微生物健康风险。目前尚不清楚这些全国性的停滞事件将如何影响水质并最终影响公共卫生。此外，关于长时间停滞后有效的水系统康复实践的数据和通信甚至更少。该项目的目的是迅速组织和领导全国性的建筑水系统研究合作，与多个机构致力于在研究社区内以及与公众之间产生和共享新知识。该协作将通过一系列正式的互动，共享以共同重点的跨学科团队之间的一系列正式互动，共享最先进的知识，协议，最佳分析实践，大数据和现场实践。由于健康问题的加剧，建筑系统的复杂性以及各种调查方法和报告，由于一次没有上下文的研究，因此有可能公开混淆和信心丧失。这是符合公众的最大利益，并为合作提供了助长，研究人员分享知识以更广泛的理解。这种合作将有助于更深入地关注基本发现，促进发展知识的快速共享，并避免科学界的潜在混乱。当前，机构尚无实时的机制共享方法，初步结果，研究和沟通策略，以实时建造水系统。在沟通之前，还没有针对研究人员回应灾难以获得有关科学交流的专业知识的培训。这项工作将有助于将美国的研究工作集中在共同的合作中，从而最大程度地提高其鲁棒性，并从多个研究中产生影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响评估审查标准来评估，被认为是珍贵的支持。

项目成果

Investigating water safety in multi-purpose buildings used as an elementary school and plumbing remediation effectiveness

调查小学多功能建筑的水安全和管道修复效果

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pwat.0000141
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: PLOS Water
• 作者: Ra, Kyungyeon;Proctor, Caitlin;Ley, Christian;Angert, Danielle;Noh, Yoorae;Isaacson, Kristofer;Shah, Amisha;Whelton, Andrew J.
• 通讯作者: Whelton, Andrew J.