Iowa City, Iowa — The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board has approved a grant for a new center at the University of Iowa. Economic Development Authority spokesperson, Kannen Kappleman, says the grant is around two-point-nine million dollars for the Iowa Wastewater and Waste-to-Energy Research Program Innovation Center.
(As above) “The University will receive the funding over the course of five years for the instrumentation and equipment needed to build the facility, which will support critical fee-for-service analyses unavailable in Iowa to support local wastewater and waste-to-energy stakeholders,” Kappleman says.
She says the money comes from the IEDA’s strategic infrastructure program.
(As above) “The strategic infrastructure program supports projects that develop commonly utilized assets with the goal of providing a competitive advantage to one or more private sector entities. Or that create necessary physical infrastructure in the state,” according to Kappleman.
She says this facility will provide a lot of valuable information to Iowa communities.
(As above) “Wastewater maintenance and the facilitation of that is critical need…not only from an agricultural perspective, but also from the standpoint of manufacturing,” Kappleman says.
She says the facility will help bring innovative solutions to market for addressing Iowa’s wastewater treatment challenges.
