The Water treatment Technoeconomic Assessment Platform (WaterTAP) is NAWI’s flagship modeling and technoeconomic analysis (TEA) software tool. Through the development of WaterTAP, NAWI seeks to help those in the water community perform rigorous TEA of current and novel water treatment unit processes and systems through an integrated modeling and simulation capability. Now we need your help to expand the accessibility and use of WaterTAP.
Whether you are a novice when it comes to WaterTAP or have some experience and wish to deepen your knowledge, we invite you to apply to join the fall cohort of the WaterTAP Academy by June 30, 2025, to learn and enhance your skills in a structured learning environment.
What You’ll Learn and When
In the first cohort of the WaterTAP Academy, participants will learn to use WaterTAP with the goal of applying it to a specific problem or project of their choosing. Participants will be taught in a set of weekly online workshops and lectures by WaterTAP experts, and will also receive one-on-one support during office hours as they develop their project models. The Fall 2025 WaterTAP Learning Cohort takes place over 8 weeks:
- The first two weeks of November 2025
- The first two weeks of December 2025
- All four weeks of January 2026.
Who Should Apply
Applicants from across the water treatment innovation ecosystem are encouraged to apply, including:
- Consulting engineers who seek to rigorously compare the performance and cost of different variations of advanced water treatment trains;
- Academic and industrial researchers seeking to evaluate the marginal value of new treatment unit processes in the context of complete treatment trains; and/or
- Water treatment technology developers seeking to quantify the operational and cost improvements possible with new materials (e.g. membranes) unit processes or treatment trains.
- WaterTAP Academy participants should have a little experience using Python (though not required) and have general familiarity with water treatment process modeling. Applicants should bring a targeted question or modeling objective relevant to their current work as NAWI experts will work to customize course materials to meet participants’ needs and skill levels.
Questions?
Please reach out to Adam Atia, copying , if you have questions. Learn more about WaterTAP.