Description du projet
Surveillance et contrôle en ligne des contaminants de l’eau
Les micropolluants constituent un nouveau défi pour les ressources en eau, notamment l’eau potable, en Europe et dans le monde. Bien qu’ils soient présents en concentrations extrêmement faibles et ne présentent pas de toxicité aiguë pour les organismes vivants ou pour l’environnement, leurs effets à long terme demeurent incertains. Les stations de traitement de l’eau et d’épuration des eaux usées n’éliminent pas totalement les micropolluants, qui s’accumulent dans les ressources en eau à des concentrations plus élevées, augmentant ainsi les risques pour la santé et l’environnement. Les révisions des directives européennes sur l’eau potable et les eaux usées devraient exiger la surveillance et le contrôle de ces substances, ce qui constitue un défi pour les services d’eau européens. Le projet ECO-SOS financé par l’UE développera des systèmes de contrôle et de suivi en temps réel ainsi qu’un système de surveillance novateur, rentable et facile à utiliser pour optimiser l’élimination des polluants émergents de l’eau.
Objectif
The water resources and especially the drinking water in Europe and globally face new challenges with the emerging micropollutants, originating from pharmaceuticals, personal care products, plastics, flame retardants, etc. Even though they present in extremely low concentrations and do not exhibit acute toxicity to living organisms or environment, the long-term effects are uncertain. The water and wastewater treatment plants do not fully remove or eliminate them; thus, they accumulate in the water resources leading to higher concentrations increasing the health and environmental risks. Hence, the revisions of the EU drinking and wastewater directives are anticipated to require monitoring and control of these substances.
However, that poses a challenge to the water utilities in Europe; The current analytical and monitoring systems of detection of these compounds at low concentration are expensive, time-consuming and usually complicated. Current studies have only reported the fate of these substances during various treatment processes but not on how to optimise them to maximise removal. To solve this problem, we would like to combine the expertise of the host research group and fellow applicant—the group of prof. Ratnaweera has experience in the development of real-time control and monitoring systems, while the fellow applicant is specialised in the analysis and removal of emerging contaminants during treatment processes. Thus, the global objective is to develop novel, cost-effective and simple to use surveillance system that would also enable the optimising of the removal of emerging contaminants in water. The concept will be developed and verified in collaboration with Norwegian and European water utilities addressing their needs and concerns.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processesdrinking water treatment processes
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugs
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrology
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
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Régime de financement
MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinateur
1433 As
Norvège