Projektbeschreibung
Neue Tests zur Erhaltung der Trinkwasserqualität
Der Klimawandel hat ebenso wie die zunehmende Verschmutzung Auswirkungen auf die Qualität des Trinkwassers. Mit der überarbeiteten EU-Trinkwasserrichtlinie, die 2021 in Kraft trat, wurden neue Mindestanforderungen an die Trinkwasserqualität eingeführt. Die Richtlinie fördert zwar einen Ansatz der Risikobewertung und des Risikomanagements, dieser wird jedoch durch unzureichende Informationen über neu auftretende Probleme wie Pestizide, Arzneimittel, Desinfektionsnebenprodukte, Schwermetalle und pathogene Mikroorganismen infrage gestellt. In diesem Zusammenhang werden im Rahmen des EU-finanzierten Projekts ToDrinQ Technologien zur Überwachung der Wasserqualität in Echtzeit und innovative Aufbereitungssysteme entwickelt und getestet. Darüber hinaus sollen interoperable Entscheidungshilfen eine belastbare, evidenzbasierte Planung von Kläranlagen und eine Verbesserung des Betriebsbewusstseins und der Reaktion des gesamten Wassersystems unterstützen.
Ziel
The revised EU Drinking Water Directive promotes a risk assessment and risk management approach for securing drinking water supply in the context of climate change and increased pollution. However, this approach is challenged by insufficient information that is available to operators, especially in real time, on compounds and organisms of emerging concern, such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, disinfection by-products, heavy metals and pathogenic micro-organisms. We argue that if drinking water treatment could leverage novel technologies and design philosophies, and more agile operational actions could be supported, drinking water supply systems could become more adaptable and robust without expensive infrastructural investments. In this context, ToDrinQ develops and tests a compendium of modular, complementary, innovative solutions (the ‘ToDrinQ Toolkit’) that provide new information and better support tools to operators and designers to adapt to (short- and long-term) changes in water quality, while obtaining high drinking water quality at the tap. ToDrinQ develops novel real time sensing and water quality monitoring technologies, innovative treatment systems (especially suitable for small-scale/modular, adaptable treatment plants) and interoperable decision tools that support resilient, evidence-based treatment plant design and improved overall water system operational awareness and response. The consortium is perfectly placed to achieve significant progress beyond the state of art, based on a research-technology alliance of leading universities and research institutes and innovative technology developers including deep tech SMEs. It is also ideally placed to maximise relevance and impact by grounding its innovations on diverse real-world cases through co-creation with five pro-active water companies (in the Netherlands, Greece, France, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic), and maximise outreach through the influential multi-stakeholder, network Water Europe.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processesdrinking water treatment processes
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrology
- social sciencessociologygovernancecrisis management
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringwater engineeringwater supply systems
Schlüsselbegriffe
Programm/Programme
Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
HORIZON-CL6-2022-ZEROPOLLUTION-01
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsKoordinator
2628 CN Delft
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