Water Innovation Network for Sustainable Small Systems (WINSSS) : Riccio College of Engineering : UMass Amherst

The Water Innovation Network for Sustainable Small Systems (WINSSS) brings together a national team of experts to transform drinking water treatment for small water systems (SWS) to meet the urgent need for state-of-the-art innovation, development, demonstration, and implementation of treatment, information, and process technologies in part by leveraging existing relationships with industry through the Massachusetts Water Cluster. The mission of WINSSS is to build a national center that spans and links the continuum of technology acceptance for small water systems.

WINSSS is one of two national centers for small drinking water systems funded by the USEPA under the STAR program. The other is the University of Colorado's DeRISK Center.

OUR VISION:

To develop technological solutions that can be readily implemented by small systems
To reduce barriers to their use by utilities
To stimulate research for small systems among the academic and entrepreneurial community
To develop new models for technology & educational outreach in support of small systems