National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI)

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National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) is a research center that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.

The National Alliance for Water Innovation names Kevin Werner Executive Director

Kevin Werner, an accomplished research administrator who led one of the nation’s largest fisheries science centers, has been selected as executive director for the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI), a water research program led by Berkeley Lab and housed within its Energy Geosciences Division. Werner brings over 25 years of federal experience with the […]

National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) · 9 Sept 2025

6 Jun 2024

Brine research: Revolutionizing water treatment systems with advanced thermodynamic models

National Alliance for Water Innovation-supported research is addressing long-standing inadequacies in traditional models for managing high salinity brines. By developing a new theoretical framework and accompanying open-source tools, researchers are pioneering a transformative approach to water treatment.