Environmental engineering student Siena Romito checks out the algae growth at the SURE! (Sustainable Utilities Research and Education) site in San Luis Obispo. Students in the SURE! program seek to find solutions within the water energy nexus to provide sustainable solutions to renewable energy, wastewater recycling and resource recovery. Specifically, the team has worked on algae based wastewater treatment, algae biofuels, conversion of wastewater solids to energy, potable re-use and dairy wastewater treatment.