This policy shall apply to all ideas, proposals, initiatives, projects, pilots, bench tests and awards that involve activities related to improvements or new technology for water treatment processes, improvements or new technology for wastewater treatment processes, new materials or technologies to improve water and wastewater networks, new materials or technologies to reduce ongoing operational costs in the Production, Utility Services or Engineering and Construction Departments, and new materials or technologies to increase the sustainability of the water or sewer networks. (Document dated May 17, 2017 § II)