The lab has been funded by federal and state agencies, as well as private sponsors to conduct water-energy-carbon nexus, water sector electrification and decarbonization, resource recovery, digital water, desalination, wastewater treatment, bioremediation, carbon capture and utilization, and sustainability research. Sponsors include National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Naval Research (ONR), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Chevron Energy Company, Shell Energy Company, etc, with a total support amount of >$15 M.