Objective A literature survey reveals the presence of high levels of persistent organic pollutants (POP's) and toxic inorganic species (phosphates and toxic metal cations) in the Coastal areas of Mediterranean Countries due to the discharge of industrial wastewater to the sea without treatment: As a result, public health and aquatic life have been seriously affected. Thus, following the selection of 3 pilot zones in Morocco, Tunisia and Lebanon, this proposal aims to develop novel technological approaches (making use of regional resources) for industrial (prevention) and coastal (remediation) water treatments with a higher degree of efficiency than existing ones. Advanced water technologies is a specific measure addressed in the Call (INCO 2002-B.1.3). These treatment s are based on (i) the production of easily recyclable and low cost receptors grafted into regional silicates (modified silicates) for the removal of phosphates and POP's from industrial and coastal waters of the Mediterranean Region, (ii) the use of soil-applied mobilised receptors aiming to enhance the uptake of toxic metal cations by regional plants. These objectives are to be fulfilled as follows, 1. Search on water chemistry of Coastal Areas and industrial effluents. Knowledge about the speciations pre sent is crucial for the design of selective receptors. Samples of industrial, coastal and fresh water pilot zones would be investigated by electrochemical methods. On these basis steps 2 and 3 will be undertaken. 2. Design of immobilised receptors. Recepto rs to be attached to silicates are a) cyclodextrins (known to form inclusion and exclusion adducts with apoiar substances), aminocalix(4)arenes (basic centers for interaction with acidic toxic phenols), calix(4)pyrrols (interact selectively with phosphates ). Several techniques are to be used to characterise the modified silicates. The synthetic protocol will be accompanied by computer simulation studies. Optimum #' Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processesengineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationphytoremediationnatural sciencesphysical sciencesthermodynamicsnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Keywords ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES RECEPTORS advanced technologies receptors water Programme(s) FP6-INCO - Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) INCO-2002-B1.3 - Advanced water treatment, re-use and energy implications Call for proposal FP6-2002-INCO-MPC-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme IP - Integrated Project Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF SURREY Address Guildford Surrey United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY Lebanon EU contribution € 0,00 Address Omar faroukh 11-5020 Beirut See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Gran via de les corts catalanes, 585 (vicerectorat de politica cientifica; oper) Barcelona See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF CADI AYYAD Morocco EU contribution € 0,00 Address Boulevard prince moulay abdellah Marrakech See on map Links Website Opens in new window TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Strasse des 17. juni, 135 Berlin See on map Links Website Opens in new window ECOLE NATIONALE DES INGENIEURS DE SFAX Tunisia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Route de soukkra km4 Sfax See on map Links Website Opens in new window
