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Description: University Utility Collaborative Partnership
University Utility Collaborative Partnership
The Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT) program, jointly administered by the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and The Water Research Foundation (TWRF), has a focus area on encouraging university – utility partnerships (UUP). To communicate the best practices, challenges, and successes of university – utility collaboration, the LIFT team is working with influential stakeholders including: WEF Research & Innovation Committee; Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) International Water Association (IWA) USA National Committee (USANC); IWA Canadian National Committee; A research team working on a Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry; (GOALI) project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Author(s)
Water Environment Federation
Contributing authorsMorgan BrownBarry Liner
SourceWater Environment Federation
Project IDWSEC-2017-TR-005
CommitteeLIFT/R&I
Partner organisationLIFT, WRF, AEESP, IWA North America
Document typeTechnical Report
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Print publication date Jan 2018
Volume / Issue
Content sourceWater Environment Federation
First / last page(s)1 - 68
Copyright2018
Word count17,733
Subject keywordsLeadership
Associated keywords:Public Education & OutreachResearch & Innovation

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Description: University Utility Collaborative Partnership
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University Utility Collaborative Partnership
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Description: University Utility Collaborative Partnership
1 Introduction
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2 Success Factors
University Utility Collaborative Partnership
In general, partnerships are more difficult for utilities than for universities. This is often because of the fundamental nature of utilities, whose job is to protect public health on a daily basis. A failed project in academia is a lesson learned and opportunity for future research. A failure at a utility can lead to non-compliance, fines, public health and environmental consequences. Thus,...
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3 Building Relationships
University Utility Collaborative Partnership
Building and maintaining relationships are perhaps the most important aspect of UUPs. UUPs are not project based, they are based on relationships and the projects follow. Practices and issues are grouped below into three phases: Initiating the first connection, developing the first engagement, and maintaining relationships.
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4 Distance
University Utility Collaborative Partnership
Partnerships are often locally or regionally based, but there are interstate and international UUPs. Geographically related UUPs are convenient because students can work directly with or at the utility while taking classes. Furthermore, utilities and universities located nearby generally face the same issues with respect to climate and natural resources, which means project interests are often...
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5 Risk Management
University Utility Collaborative Partnership
The level of acceptable risk is different at the university than the utility -utilities are very conservative on risk. In order to manage expectations for UUPs, the three most important aspects of risk management in a UUP are finance, intellectual property (IP), and public outreach.
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6 Opportunities for Future Engagement
University Utility Collaborative Partnership
With the expanded activity of UUPs over the past few years, the emergence of the LIFT program, and the energized engagement of the stakeholders that supported the June 2017 workshop, there are opportunities to continue the discussion and develop programs to support the developments and advancement of UUPs. To facilitate an understanding of the needs and cultures of the utility professionals and...
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7 List of Workshop Participants
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Pedro Alvarez
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8 Case Studies
University Utility Collaborative Partnership
The LIFT Program and the WEF Research & Innovation Committee gathered a number of case studies highlighting utility-university partnerships, which are described in the following sections.
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9 Appendix A: Sample Contract Language
University Utility Collaborative Partnership
The following text for a sample contract between a utility and a university has been provided by Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
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University Utility Collaborative Partnership