Can new technologies be developed and scaled up to commercialization that have foul release properties, preventing attachment of quagga and zebra mussels, while maintaining durability protecting infrastructure? PNNL and USACE will be researching and developing new durable foul release coatings. USBR will provide support by sharing its knowledge and expertise it has learned during its past 10 years of researching foul release coatings and USBR will provide a site for field testing. Products that perform well in laboratory testing will be tested in the field on testing racks or scaled up on infrastructure.
