Participants
Functional Units “Environmental Analysis” and “Water regeneration”
Contacts
P. Plaza (pplaza.bolanos@ual.es)
I. Oller (isabel.oller@psa.es)
Funds:
Programa Horizonte 2020, EU (Amendment Reference No AMD-820718-11)
Current Situation:
In progress
Summary
Wastewater and drinking water in peri-urban and rural India is polluted by contaminants of emerging concerns (CECs) such as pesticides, pharmaceutical and personal care materials, or antibiotics. The EU-funded PANI WATER project aims to expand and confirm six prototypes that remove CECs and other pollutants from wastewater. The project will be deployed on site and in relation with local stakeholders. In fact, PANI WATER puts a particular emphasis on understanding the social context in which the technologies will be potentially deployed, and it will review possible social and health impacts to provide quality analyses. It will also support wastewater treatment for the safe reuse of water in agriculture, in related industries and public water structures.
Objectives:
- Development of advanced analytical methods to characterize complex effluents and their application to the monitoring of organic micropollutants during wastewater treatment to ensure their elimination.
- Identification of transformation products generated during wastewater treatment and establishment of degradation routes.
Study of the influence of treatments on the quality of reclaimed water and evaluation of the impact of its reuse in agriculture.