Development of Efficiency-in-use Benchmarks for Thermoelectric Water Use. 2004, United States Geological Survey National Competitive Grants Program. $94,245; 8/2004-8/2006

Assessment of Community Water System Prices in Illinois; Illinois Water Resources Center; $22,500; 3/1/03 - 6/30/04

Assessment of Capacity Needs for Rural Water Supply in the Midwest; Midwest Technology Assistance Center/USEPA; $25,000; 8/15/02 - 12/15/03

Development of a Workshop to Introduce Small Drinking Water Systems Mangers to Financial Benchmarking, With Roger Beck and Tom Bik, Midwest Technology Assistance Center/USEPA; $25,003; 3/2002 to 3/2003

Preliminary Statewide Projections of County-level Water Demands in Illinois; Illinois State Water Survey/Illinois Board of Higher Education; $25,000; 8/15/02 - 12/15/03

Grant to operate the Executive Office of the International Water Resources Association and the Editorial Office of Water International quarterly at the SIUC Department of Geography as the IWRA World Headquarters. $324,210, 7/2003 – 6/2006,

Analysis of Water Use Trends in the United States: 1950-1995. With Subhash Sharma. United States Geological Survey National Competitive Grants Program. (Co-PI Subhash Sharma) $150,000, 1999-2001.

Water Resources, Sanitation and Health Issues in Squatter Communities in Greater Durban Metropolitan Area.  United States Agency for International Development.  Co-operative project proposal with the Middle Tennessee State University. With Hari Garbharran.  $14,304, 1999-2002.

Benchmark Investigation of Small Public Water System Economics. With Roger Beck and Tom Bik, Mid-West Technology Assistance Center, $49,500, 1999-2000.

Grant to locate and operate the Executive Office of the International Water Resources Association and the Editorial Office of Water International quarterly at the SIUC Department of Geography as the IWRA World Headquarters. $650,930 , 5/1998-6/2003.

The Influence of Legal and Administrative Factors on Drought Management Decisions. With R. Ferrell-Dillard, and Robert Beck. U.S. Geological Survey, FY 1989 Water Resources Research Program, $67,000, 1989-90.

Drought Response and Preparedness Measures of Public Water Supplies in the Midwest.  Research Development and Administration, Southern Illinois University, $4,500, 1990.

Measurement of Price and Conservation Effects for Water Use Forecasting. City of Phoenix,  Department of Water and Wastewater, $22,000, 1990. 

Drought Optimization Analysis. Research on the application of the DROPS model for evaluation of drought management alternatives for Phoenix, Arizona, City of Phoenix, Department of Water and Wastewater, $4,900, 1989-91.

Evaluation of Water Conservation Alternatives at SIU Campus. Campus Services, Southern Illinois University, $4,800, 1986.

Model Analysis of Sulfur Reduction Technology and Sulfur Emission Limitations. With D. Arey, J. Crenshaw and G. Parker, U.S. Department of Energy, $59,560, 1986-87.

Modeling the Impacts of Changing Coal Technology and Policy. With D. Arey, J. Crenshaw , and G. Parker, U.S. Department of Energy, $83,600, 1985.

Modeling for Economic and Policy Analysis of the Coal Fuel Cycle. With D. Arey, J. Crenshaw and G. Parker, U.S. Department of Energy, through Coal Technology Laboratory, SIU-C, $51,363, 1985-86.

Critical Points in the Coal Fuel Cycle: Continued Modeling Analysis. With D. Arey, J. Crenshaw and G. Parker, U.S. Department of Energy, through Coal Technology Laboratory, SIU-C, $94,000, 198-85.

Critical Points in the Coal Fuel Cycle:  A Modeling Analysis. With D. Arey, J. Crenshaw and G. Parker, U.S. Department of Energy, through Coal Technology Laboratory, Southern Illinois University, $129,000, 1983-84.

Prototypal Application of a Drought Optimization Procedure. With D. Baumann, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $19,500, 1983.