Department of Energy Announces $75 Million for the National Alliance for Water Innovation to Advance Desalination and Water Reuse Technologies
4/11/24
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced renewed funding for the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI), DOE’s energy innovation hub for desalination. With $75 million over five years for this second phase of the Hub, NAWI will continue to bring together a team of industry and academic partners to examine the critical technical barriers and research needed to radically lower the cost and energy of water purification technologies. The advancements in desalination technologies will help propel the modernization of America’s water infrastructure, increase access to clean, potable water for all Americans, and move the country toward a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.
https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/department-energy-announces-75-million-national-alliance-water-innovation-advance
Census Bureau Initiatives to Address Persistent Undercount of Children
APRIL 11, 2024 – The U.S. Census Bureau today released new experimental estimates showing children ages 0 to 4 were undercounted in the 2020 Census in every state. Additionally, there were undercounts of children ages 0 to 4 in more than 4 out of 5 counties included in this release. The experimental estimates are available only for counties with a population of 1,000 or more children ages 0 to 4, and are based on the Census Bureau’s Demographic Analysis (DA) estimates.
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/undercounts-overcounts-children-2020-census.html