The National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) is a consortium established to address the challenges of securing an affordable, energy-efficient, and resilient water supply for the US economy. It focuses on decentralized, fit-for-purpose desalination and treatment of nontraditional source waters for public water supplies. Founded in 2019, NAWI is supported by a $100M grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and is headquartered at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The consortium includes 100 members from industry, academia, and government, and operates in collaboration with several national laboratories and industry partners. NAWI's mission emphasizes the development of innovative, cost-effective, and energy-efficient technologies for clean water production from nontraditional sources like seawater, brackish groundwater, and industrial or municipal wastewater​.