Project description
Innovative drinking water disinfection
What happens when disinfectants like chlorine interact with natural organic materials in water? It results in disinfection by-products (DBPs) such as chlorinated and bromated compounds. The EU-funded H2OforAll project will develop fast, cost-effective and accurate DBP sensor monitoring devices and model the spread and fate of these contaminants through drinking water distribution systems. It will also study DBP toxicity and environmental impact and propose measures to safeguard the drinking water chain. Furthermore, the project will develop innovative water treatment methods to remove DBPs or prevent their formation during water disinfection. H2OforAll will produce a central knowledge base with reliable data on the occurrence of DBPs in Europe and their effects.
Objective
Water purification and disinfection are crucial processes to provide safe water to citizens, but the low quality of water sources due to soil/freshwater increasing contamination makes this goal very challenging. Disinfection byproducts (DBPs), produced when chlorine disinfectant reacts with organic matter in water, have a serious impact even at low concentrations on the environment and human health, still not well understood. Effects on human’s liver activity and neurotoxicity were already reported. H2OforAll project aims to assess main DBPs sources and fate through the development of fast, cost-effective and accurate sensor monitoring devices and also by modelling their spread through drinking water distribution systems. In addition, DBPs toxicity and environmental impact will be studied in this project and measures will be proposed to protect drinking water chain. On the other hand, breakthrough water treatments to remove DBPs or avoid their formation during water disinfection processes will be developed, paying attention to their life cycle analysis, costs and risks. A central knowledge base with reliable data on the occurrence of DBPs in Europe and their effects will be created to increase awareness of society and governmental organizations about these drinking water contaminants in order to draw new policy responses and guidance.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processesdrinking water treatment processes
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalinationreverse osmosis
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryhalogens
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3004-531 Coimbra
Portugal
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Participants (15)
43251538 RAANANA
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89081 Ulm
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08940 CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT
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1016 NICOSIA
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31905 Haifa
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80-309 GDANSK
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100 44 Stockholm
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4150 356 Porto
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7522 NB Enschede
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3700 121 Sao Joao Da Madeira
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1030 Bruxelles / Brussel
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99100 Beit Shemesh
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100 31 Stockholm
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3000 018 Coimbra
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8911 MA Leeuwarden
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Partners (2)
LE1 7RH Leicester
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LS2 9JT Leeds
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