Innovative Integrated Tools and Technologies to Protect and Treat Drinking Water from Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs)

Informations projet

H2OforAll

N° de convention de subvention: 101081963

DOI

10.3030/101081963

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 5 Octobre 2022

Date de début 1 Novembre 2022

Date de fin 31 Octobre 2025

Financé au titre de

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Coût total

€ 3 452 701,44

Contribution de l’UE

€ 3 452 700,50

Coordonné par

UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA
Portugal

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Livrables

Documents, reports (18)

Final report on policy brief and recommendations

Final report with all inputs, data and results to provide best practices and recommendations to the Drinking Water Directive and the Zero Pollution Action Plan. This Deliverable is result from Task 6.3.

List of risk indices for drinking water, Environmental, toxicity assessment and risk analysis of DPBs

Report on the most important risk indices (including toxicity) that must be assessed while checking drinking water quality. This deliverable results from Task 3.2 and Task 3.3 and will feed WP4 and WP5.

Report on the results of citizens’ awareness and engagement

Reports the results obtained from the citizens involvement in the actions developed in the web platform designed for this purpose; emphasis on change of behaviour in household activities that prevent water contamination. This deliverable is the outcome of Task 6.1 and will feed the Recommendations for prevention (Task 6.2: D6.2) and the Policy recommendations (Task 6.3: D6.2 and D6.3).

Dissemination and Communication Plan - Initial

This deliverable will detail the dissemination and communication strategies of H2OforAll, as well as their respective implementation plans. The implementation of the planned dissemination and communication activities will be monitored continuously. This will allow the project to assess the effectiveness of the actions developed and update them if necessary. The Dissemination and Communication Plan will support the project actions at a global scale and define: target groups, communication contents, activities, tools, monitoring and evaluation. The communication action plan will be updated regularly.

Environmental and economic sustainability assessment of DBP removal technologies

Report on the LCA and LCC of the DBPs removal technologies selected. This deliverable is result of Task 5.4 and will benefit from the results of Task 4.2 (D4.2).

Environmental and economic sustainability assessment of DBP prevention technologies

Report on the LCA and LCC of the DBPs prevention technologies. This deliverable is result of Task 5.4 and will benefit from the results of Task 4.1 (D4.1).

Project Management Plan

It will include a summary of all activities and efforts to ensure an efficient project management at all levels. It will detail the project organization, schedule and budget. It will also define the risk and quality management and project communication strategy. The responsibilities of each partner will also be defined.

DBPs removal technologies

Optimized operating conditions and selection of most suitable DBPs removal technologies. This deliverable is the result of Task 4.2 and will feed Task 4.3, 5.3 and 5.4.

Results of the hydraulic and quality modelling of water distribution network - Modelling Analysis

Final report on hydraulic and quality modelling of a real water distribution network. This deliverable will be the result of Task 3.5 and will have the input from Task 3.1 and Task 2.4.

Understanding and assessment of DBP´s

Report on the fate and behaviour of DBPs in the pipelines as well as current regulation. This deliverable will be the output of Task 3.1 and will feed Task 2.3, Task 3.2, Task 3.3, Task 3.4 and Task 3.5. Moreover, it will give information for WP4 regarding the main target pollutants.

Deployment know-how and lessons learned

Report on the results obtained during the in-site monitoring of a water distribution network and the lessons learned. This deliverable is the output of Task 2.6 and will be used in WP6 and WP7.

Algorithms and methods for proper placement of the sensing infrastructure along the water distribution network

Report on the methodologies developed for choosing the best placement for the sensing infrastructure to be developed in Task 2.2. This is the result of Task 2.4 and will feed Task 2.5, Task 2.6 and Task 3.5.

First policy brief and recommendations

First policy brief and recommendations on drinking water protection. This will be a clustering activity that will include the overview and initial findings and recommendations from all sister projects. This deliverable is the output of Task 6.3.

Recommendations Report

Safety planning recommendations on prevention measures to protect drinking water. This deliverable is result from Task 6.2.

Educational hands-on kit

Educational material for results dissemination and exploitation near the high-school students and general society. This deliverable is the result of Task 7.2, Task 7.3 and 7.4.

Prevention measures to protect drinking water

Report on preventive measures to protect drinking water with advantages and disadvantages for each country from different perspectives. This is the result of Task 3.4 and will feed WP6 and WP7.

Dissemination and Communication Plan – Final

Final updated version of the Dissemination and Communication Plan.

Alternative disinfection methodologies

Report on the most efficient alternative disinfection technologies and operating conditions. This deliverable is the result of Task 4.1 and will feed Task 5.4.

Data Management Plan (2)

Data Management Plan - Initial

It will describe the data management life cycle for the data to be collected, processed and generated by the project. It will include the way research data will be handled during and after the end of the project; what data will be collected, processes and generated; which methodology and standards will be applied; how data will be shared, curated and preserved.

Data Management Plan – Final

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Central Knowledge Base website, geo-visualizations and database – Software developed

First version of the CKB website with geo-visualizations and database operational. This deliverable is the output of Task 2.5 and will be used in WP6 and WP7.

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (2)

Optical sensor technologies for water quality monitoring – Hardware developed

Two field-deployable sensing devices prototypes established. D2.1 is the output of Task 2.1 and then it serves as input for Task 2.2 since it will be part of the sensing infrastructure. This deliverable joined with D2.2 will also feed Task 2.6.

Optimization of treatment efficiency by technologies combination

Final optimization results for the pilot-scale water treatment unit. This deliverable is result of Task 4.3. The results from Task 4.2 (D4.2) will be used for the optimization procedure. This deliverable will feed Task 5.4.

Publications

Conference proceedings (28)

Data-driven strategic sensor placement for detecting disinfection by-products in water distribution networks.

Auteurs: Kamilaris, A., & Magklis, A.
Éditeur: Zenodo
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2511.11775

Continuous flow Reactor Based on UV LEDs and TiO2 Supported on Alumina Ceramic Foam for Photocatalytic Degradation of DBPs

Auteurs: Mazierski, Pawel; Miodyńska, Magdalena; Cavdar, Onur; Pieczyńska, Aleksandra; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17670261

Photocatalytic Degradation of Disinfection By-Products (DBPs) Using Immobilized TiO2 Nanoparticles on Porous Foams: A Novel Approach for Water Treatment.

Auteurs: Miodyńska-Melzer, M., Cavdar, O., Mazierski, P., Pieczyńska, A., & Zaleska-Medynska, A.
Éditeur: 4th International Conference on Disinfection and Disinfection By-Products, Almeria, Spain
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17649273

Development of a silica-based cryogel for the adsorption of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Auteurs: Roque, M. I., Rocha, V., Domingues, E., Martins, R. C., & Durães, L.
Éditeur: WASTES
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17659863

Removal of Disinfection Byproducts from Drinking Water

Auteurs: Roque, Maria Inês; Pereira, Matheus M.; Ghribi, Fethi; Gomes, João; Durães, Luisa; Martins, Rui C.; Valente, Artur J.M.; Gramacho, Silvia
Publié dans: 2025
Éditeur: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17660374

Scale-Up of Photocatalytic Degradation of Disinfection By-Products in Water: Bridging the Gap from Laboratory Protocols to Pilot-Scale Implementation

Auteurs: Miodyńska-Melzer, Magdalena; Cavdar, Onur; Mazierski, Pawel; Pieczyńska, Aleksandra; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana
Publié dans: 2024
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17648761

Development of Magnetic Bio-Activated Carbon for Water Treatment

Auteurs: Jin, Yanghao; Shi, Ziyi; Han, Tong; Jönsson, Pär; Weihong, Yang
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17977038

The potential of photocatalysis aided by Layered Double Hydroxides for the removal of 4-chloro-L-phenylalanine from water

Auteurs: Roque, Maria Inês; Pereira, Matheus M.; Ghribi, Fethi; Gomes, João; Durães, Luisa; Martins, Rui C.
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17660166

Cleaning water with silica-based aerogels: Zooming into the molecular processes behind DBP adsorption using Molecular Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry Calculations

Auteurs: Roque, Maria Inês; Roque, Rita J. C.; Correia, Maria N.; Vale, João L. M.; Campos, Nuno M.; Martins, Rui C.; Durães, Luisa; Domingos, Sérgio R.
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17660793

Optimization of Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Removal of DL-4-Chlorophenylalanine Using Layered Double Hydroxide Catalysts

Auteurs: Chichorro, Teresa; Roque, Maria Inês; Pereira, Matheus M.; Ghribi, Fethi; Gomes, João; Durães, Luisa; Martins, Rui C.
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17662606

H2OforAll: Innovative Integrated Tools and Technologies to Protect and Treat Drinking Water from Disinfection By products (DBPs)

Auteurs: Miodyńska, Magdalena; Cavdar, Onur; Pieczyńska, Aleksandra; Mazierski, Pawel; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana
Publié dans: 2024
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17672549

The Effect of the Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) on Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for the Removal of Bromodichloromethane (BDCM) from Aqueous Environment

Auteurs: Cavdar, Onur; Miodyńska, Magdalena; Pieczyńska, Aleksandra; Mazierski, Pawel; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17671804

How to avoid Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water? The potential of Adsorption and Photocatalysis

Auteurs: Roque, I, Pereira, M.; Ghribi, F.; Gomes J., Durães, L.; Martins, R.C
Publié dans: 2024
Éditeur: 10th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17660318

How to decrease disinfection byproducts in water?

Auteurs: Roque, Maria Inês; Pereira, Matheus M.; Gomes, João; Martins, Rui C.; Durães, Luisa
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17660661

Desinfection by-products removal using metal organic frameworks (MOFs)

Auteurs: Pieczyńska, Aleksandra; Mazierski, Pawel; Cavdar, Onur; Miodyńska, Magdalena; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17662179

Can silica materials aid in the removal of disinfection byproducts from water?

Auteurs: Roque, Maria Inês; Pereira, Matheus M.; Chichorro, Teresa; Valente, Artur J. M.; Gramacho, Silvia; Martins, Rui C.; Durães, Luisa
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17660587

Application of metal organic frameworks (MIL-125(Ti) and MIL- 125-NH2(Ti)) for disinfection-byproducts (DBPs) removal

Auteurs: Pieczyńska, Aleksandra; Mazierski, Pawel; Cavdar, Onur; Miodyńska, Magdalena; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17662752

Computer-aided identification of trihalomethane degradation by haloalkane dehalogenase DhaA from Rhodococcus sp.

Auteurs: Matheus Pereira and Rui C. Martins
Publié dans: 14th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference
Éditeur: Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.12806887

Scale-Up of Photocatalytic Degradation of Disinfection By-Products in Water: Bridging the Gap from Laboratory Protocols to Pilot-Scale Implementation.

Auteurs: Miodyńska-Melzer, M., Cavdar, O., Mazierski, P., Pieczyńska, A., & Zaleska-Medynska, A.
Éditeur: Winter School on Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) and Disinfection By-Products (DBPs) Occurrence, Impact and Elimination,
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17648762

Adsorption of Perfluorooctanesulfonicacid (PFOS) using a silica-based aerogel

Auteurs: Roque, Maria Inês; Rocha, Vittorina; Domingues, Eva; Martins, Rui C.; Durães, Luisa
Publié dans: 2023
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17659934

Cerium based metal metal-organic frameworks as photocatalysts for bromodichloromethane removal

Auteurs: Mazierski, Pawel; Miodyńska, Magdalena; Cavdar, Onur; Pieczyńska, Aleksandra; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17670128

Polyether sulfone encapsulated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in the form of Beads for the Removal of Disinfection By-Products from Water

Auteurs: Cavdar, Onur; Miodyńska, Magdalena; Pieczyńska, Aleksandra; Mazierski, Pawel; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana
Publié dans: 2024
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17672145

Experimental and Computational Calibration of Infrared Spectra of Water Disinfection Byproducts

Auteurs: Reva, Igor; Bajrami, Diellza; Podvorica, Leonora; Mizaikoff, Boris
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17648391

PREDICTION OF NEUROTOXIC POTENTIAL OF AMINO ACID- DERIVED DBPS USING MOLECULAR DOCKING

Auteurs: Matheus Pereira and Rui C. Martins
Publié dans: Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023
Éditeur: Universidade da Beira Interior
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.12806987

Preparation of biochar derived from olive mill solid waste in a circular economy approach for enhanced adsorption of trihalomethanes from water.

Auteurs: Azerrad, S. P., & Kurzbaum, E.
Éditeur: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17654527

Polymer Assisted Encapsulation of Selected Powdered Adsorbents for Beads Preparation and their DBPs Removal Performance

Auteurs: Cavdar, Onur; Miodyńska, Magdalena; Pieczyńska, Aleksandra; Mazierski, Pawel; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana
Publié dans: 2024
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17665524

In Situ Multicomponent Trace Detection of Disinfection Byproducts in Water via Mid-Infrared Fiberoptic Evanescent Field Sensors

Auteurs: Bajrami, Diellza Hellmann, Andreas Mizaikoff, Boris
Publié dans: Proceedings of the XVI CONFERENCE ON OPTICAL CHEMICAL SENSORS AND BIOSENSORS
Éditeur: ZENODO
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.11222119

Is adsorption a solution to remove Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts?

Auteurs: Roque, Maria Inês; Pereira, Matheus M.; Gramacho, Silvia; Valente, Artur J.M.; Gomes, João; Martins, Rui C.; Durães, Luisa
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17662558

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Insights on the Influence of the Drying Method and Surface Wettability on the Final Properties of Silica Aerogels

Auteurs: Beatriz Merillas, Maria Inês Roque, Cláudio M. R. Almeida, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez-Pérez, Luisa Durães
Publié dans: Gels, Numéro 11, 2025, ISSN 2310-2861
Éditeur: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/GELS11070511

An Opinion on the Removal of Disinfection Byproducts from Drinking Water

Auteurs: Maria Inês Roque, João Gomes, Igor Reva, Artur J. M. Valente, Nuno E. Simões, Paula V. Morais, Luisa Durães and Rui C. Martins
Publié dans: Water, ISSN 2073-4441
Éditeur: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/W15091724

Highly efficient aerogel adsorbent for cleaning process water effluents with high concentration of PFAS

Auteurs: Maria Inês Roque, Vittorina Rocha, Artur J.M. Valente, Eva Domingues, Rui C. Martins, Luisa Durães
Publié dans: Separation and Purification Technology, Numéro 376, 2025, ISSN 1383-5866
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SEPPUR.2025.133951

Assessing the Health Impact of Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water

Auteurs: Indrajit Kalita, Andreas Kamilaris, Paul Havinga, and Igor Reva
Publié dans: ES&T Water, ISSN 2690-0637
Éditeur: ACS
DOI: 10.1021/ACSESTWATER.3C00664

Chemical Engineering Journal

Auteurs: Pieczyńska, Aleksandra; Baluk, Mateusz Adam; Mazierski, Pawel; Miodyńska, Magdalena; Cavdar, Onur; Klimczuk, Tomasz; Nikiforow, Kostiantyn; Matus, Krzysztof; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana
Publié dans: Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026, ISSN 1385-8947
Éditeur: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.CEJ.2025.171544

Emerging contaminants and pathogenic microorganisms elimination in secondary effluent by graphitic carbon nitride photocatalytic ozonation processes

Auteurs: Eryk Fernandes, Pawel Mazierski, Magdalena Miodynska , Tomasz Klimczuk, Adriana Zaleska-Medynska, Joana Oliveira, Ana Miguel Matos, Rui C. Martins, João Gomes
Publié dans: Catalysis Today, ISSN 1873-4308
Éditeur: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.CATTOD.2024.114624

Other (7)

Effective Removal of Trihalomethanes from Water by a Silica-based Adsorbent

Auteurs: Roque, Maria Inês; Pereira, Matheus M.; Valente, Artur J.M.; Gramacho, Sílvia; Martins, Rui C.; Durães, Luisa
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17660227

Photocatalysis of 4-Chloro-L-phenylalanine by Layered Double Hydroxide Catalysts

Auteurs: Roque, Maria Inês; Pereira, Matheus M.; Ghribi, Fethi; Gomes, João; Durães, Luisa; Martins, Rui C.
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17664789

ZeroPollution4Water Cluster: The overview and the inventory of 32 case studies in drinking and groundwater

Auteurs: European Commission: European Research Executive Agency; Remmert-Rieper, Margarete; Meilmann, Daniela; Martins, Rui; Charpentier, Loïc; Venkataswamy Gowda, Dwani; Achilleos, Evdokia; Kuzmickaite, Violeta; Tyriakidis, Vasileios; Pachini, Sofia; Claramunt Folch, Nuria; Gaudes, Ainhoa; Grieb, Anissa; Pereiro, Ana B.; Thaysen, Eike Marie; van Heusden-van Winden, Danitsja
Publié dans: 2025
Éditeur: EU Publications
DOI: 10.2848/3536872

H2OForALL WP6 - Guidance on Measures, Policy and Public Engagement

Auteurs: Pournaras, Evangelos; Sharma, Abhinav; Wellings, Thomas
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17952896

A Multi-Barrier Disinfection Approach for DBPs Mitigation

Auteurs: Lowenthal, Assaf
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17660867

Adsorption and Advanced Oxidation Processes: viable paths to remove Disinfection Byproducts?

Auteurs: Roque, Maria Inês; Chichorro, Teresa; Pereira, Matheus M.; Ghribi, Fethi; Gramacho, Silvia; Valente, Artur J.M.; Gomes, João; Durães, Luisa; Martins, Rui C.
Publié dans: 2025
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17660891

Data for Assessing the Health Impact of Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water

Auteurs: Kalita, Indrajit; Kamilaris, Andreas; Havinga, Paul; Reva, Igor
Publié dans: 2024
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.12924449

Book chapters (1)

Strategic Sensor Placement for the Identification of Disinfection Byproducts from Chlorinated Drinking Water: Case Study in the Water Distribution Network of Coimbra, Portugal

Auteurs: Aristotelis Magklis, Andreas Kamilaris
Publié dans: Progress in IS, Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics, 2025
Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-85284-8_17