Assessment of technologies for the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in sewage and drinking water facilities to improve the indirect potable water reuse (POSEIDON)

Informations projet

POSEIDON

N° de convention de subvention: EVK1-CT-2000-00047

Projet clôturé

Date de début 1 Janvier 2001

Date de fin 30 Juin 2004

Financé au titre de

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Coût total € 2 290 274,00

Contribution de l’UE € 1 372 963,00

Coordonné par

FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY
Germany

Résultats exploitables

Assessment of technologies for the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in sewage and drinking water facilities to improve the indirect potable water reuse; POSEIDON

The project POSEIDON is focused on the assessment and improvement of technologies for the removal of pharmaceuticals and ingredients of personal care products (PPCPs) in wastewater and drinking water facilities to prevent the contamination of receiving waters, groundwater and drinking water by planned and unplanned indirect potable water reuse of treated urban wastewater. POSEIDON comprises a) the removal efficiency and fate of PPCPs in conventional and advanced wastewater and drinking water treatment under laboratory, pilot and full-scale conditions including modern sustainability such as source control, b) performance of environmental risk assessments (ERAs), c) completion of a strategy for indirect potable water reuse of treated urban wastewater taking into consideration the distinct PPCP contamination in the wastewater. A strategy will be delivered for an optimum combination of wastewater and drinking water treatment to remove PPCPs considering varying qualities of the water resources.