Descrizione del progetto
Nuovi test per mantenere la qualità dell’acqua potabile
I cambiamenti climatici hanno un impatto sulla qualità dell’acqua potabile, così come l’aumento dell’inquinamento. La revisione della direttiva europea sull’acqua potabile, entrata in vigore nel 2021, introduce nuovi requisiti minimi per la sua qualità. Sebbene la direttiva promuova un approccio di valutazione e gestione del rischio, questo è messo a dura prova dall’insufficienza di informazioni su elementi che destano crescente preoccupazione, come pesticidi, farmaci, sottoprodotti di disinfezione, metalli pesanti e microrganismi patogeni. In questo contesto, il progetto ToDrinQ, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà e testerà tecnologie di monitoraggio della qualità dell’acqua in tempo reale e sistemi di trattamento innovativi. Svilupperà inoltre strumenti decisionali interoperabili che supportino la progettazione di impianti di trattamento resilienti e basati su dati concreti, nonché una consapevolezza e una risposta operativa migliore del sistema idrico nel suo complesso.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
- 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
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
2628 CN Delft
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