Descrizione del progetto
Un fronte unito per combattere la coalescenza dei batteri nocivi negli impianti di trattamento delle acque reflue
Gli impianti di trattamento delle acque reflue rendono le acque di scarico sicure per essere rilasciate nell’ambiente ma, sfortunatamente, rappresentano anche una delle più importanti fonti di batteri resistenti agli antibiotici. I microbi provenienti da esseri umani, animali e ambiente, molti dei quali ospitano geni resistenti agli antibiotici originati da un abuso degli stessi, si riuniscono in un sistema confinato. La raccolta e le analisi standardizzate di dati sui batteri resistenti agli antibiotici e sui geni associati presenti nelle acque reflue sono fondamentali per gestire con efficacia i futuri rischi per l’ambiente e la salute pubblica. REPARES risponderà a una necessità cruciale supportando competenze accademiche e finanziamenti e creando al contempo il quadro strutturale per la cooperazione con agenzie pubbliche e governative tramite banche dati integrate, una piattaforma web e numerose attività informative e di sensibilizzazione.
Obiettivo
Development and proliferation of antibiotic resistance is classified among major global threats by the World Health Organization. Sanitation of the water cycle is essential to sustain environmental and human health. Within urban water systems, public and governmental perception is rising on the role of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and their microbiomes as putative hotspots for the proliferation of antibiotic resistances, and the need for new quality criteria and installation upgrades.
However, because of methodological biases, our knowledge remains limited on the emission, fate and possible amplification or removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) across WWTPs. There is an urgent need to develop standardized methods and database for the accurate identification, characterization, and quantification of antibiotic resistances in such complex water matrices.
REPARES brings excellence in research on spread of antibiotic resistance in WWTPs through establishing cooperation of UCT with leading European innovators and internationally-renowned expert of the water-related antibiotic resistance field: UCP will share its expert leadership in wastewater-mediated antibiotic resistance; TUDelft will deliver methods to successfully apply for international projects; Wetsus will propel cooperation with the non-academic sector; AAU will integrate the REPARES database within the world-accepted MiDAS database.
REPARES aims at advancing the European community‘s know-how on antibiotic resistance across sanitation waterways, which in the future will bring society to closer achieve Sustainable Development Goal of the United Nations. REPARES will act as an essential vector to disseminate information on antimicrobial resistance spread within European WWTPs beyond science and technology in order to reach the non-academic community by means of open events, popularization publications, and operation of the REPARES web platform.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriology
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugsantibiotics
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacydrug resistanceantibiotic resistance
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- H2020-EU.4.b. - Twinning of research institutions Main Programme
Argomento(i)
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H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-03
Meccanismo di finanziamento
CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinatore
166 28 Praha
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