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Real-time Indication of Faecal pigments in Freshwater

Descrizione del progetto

Rilevamento rapido e portatile di acqua contaminata

Nel mondo, 2 miliardi di persone bevono acqua contaminata da feci e i test tradizionali richiedono dalle 10 alle 24 ore. Questo ritardo è critico, data l’urgente necessità di valutazioni immediate e affidabili sulla sicurezza dell’acqua per raggiungere gli obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile delle Nazioni Unite. Sostenuto dal programma Marie Sklodowska-Curie, il progetto RIFF intende rivoluzionare i test sulla qualità dell’acqua passando dai batteri indicatori fecali ai pigmenti indicatori fecali. RIFF sta sviluppando un dispositivo rapido, portatile ed economico, dotato di una membrana filtrante ibrida appositamente progettata per rilevare i pigmenti fecali in tempo reale. Questa innovazione non solo semplificherà i test di sicurezza dell’acqua, ma offrirà anche una soluzione pratica alle sfide sanitarie globali associate all’acqua potabile contaminata.

Obiettivo

WHO estimates that 2 billion people worldwide consume drinking water that has been contaminated with faeces, yet scientific testing for faecal contamination in water currently takes at least 10 to 24 h, as per UNICEF reports. Thus, there is an urgent need for methods that allow to unequivocally test drinking water quality on site, therefore significantly contributing to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, in particular to SDG 6 (access to clean water and sanitation). However, currently, no rapid, portable, sensitive and cost-effective method or device for the detection of faecal pigments outside of a lab is available. The proposed sustainable method to be developed in RIFF represents a shift from a faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) to a faecal indicator pigment (FIP) paradigm in faecal contaminant detection technology. This interdisciplinary project will demonstrate (1) a rapid and cost-effective sensory device for the real-time analysis of FIPs having as (2) a key element, a specifically tailored hybrid filter membrane for selective and sensitive FIP enrichment and detection (10 pg/L to 1 µg/L). Besides membrane tailoring for selective FIP capture, interfacial chemistry and assay integration will enhance the detection performance of a final device. The proposed method eliminates the need for solution-based FIP analysis, thus mitigating the technical issues associated with real-time water quality testing as well as bringing user-friendliness and operational stability. Hence RIFF will have a significant societal impact towards providing novel solutions for health challenges associated with drinking water contamination. The successful completion of the project will give me the opportunity to acquire multidisplinary skills in the field of sensor material development, device construction and rapid testing, which is necessary for establishing my future research career as an independent researcher in the field of water research & water quality monitoring.

Campo scientifico (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifica i progetti con EuroSciVoc, una tassonomia multilingue dei campi scientifici, attraverso un processo semi-automatico basato su tecniche NLP. Cfr.: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.

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Coordinatore

BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG
Contributo netto dell'UE
€ 173 847,36
Costo totale
Nessun dato