Objective The increasing efforts necessary for drinking water preparation are mainly due to the presence of trace organic compounds in the raw wastewater. These polar persistent pollutants (PPP= P-THREE) originate from wastewater discharges in partly closed water cycles and were not removed in wastewater treatment. The scarcity of pristine waters for drinking water supply makes reuse of water necessary and increasing and controlled closing of water cycles is an essential part of sustainable water resources management. These needs require an improved removal of P-THREE from municipal wastewaters (WW). P-THREE attains this by a tried approach:i) Improving the elimination of P³ from urban WW by applying and optimising novel membrane bioreactors (MBR) with respect to P-THREE encountered in municipal wastewater and comparing it with conventional activated sludge systems;ii) Evaluating and improving the potential of advanced oxidation procedures (AOP) towards the removal of P-THREE as a pre-treatment step in industry that discharges into the sewer system and iii) Reducing the emission of P-THREE into sewer systems by initiating reduction and substitution measures. The results will help to improve WW treatment and surface water quality and is a prerequisite for future indirect potable reuse of municipal wastewater in the EU. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processesdrinking water treatment processesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processesengineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationbioreactorsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologyengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-1. - Key action Sustainable Management and Quality of Water Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITAET MAINZ EU contribution No data Address 21,Beckerweg 21 55099 MAINZ Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH Austria EU contribution No data Address 2444 SEIBERSDORF See on map Total cost No data ASSOCIATION OF WATERWORKS IN THE RHINE RIVER BASIN Germany EU contribution No data Address Parkguertel, 24 50823 KOELN See on map Total cost No data CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address Jordi Girona 18-26 08034 BARCELONA See on map Total cost No data HESSISCHES LANDESAMT FUER UMWELT UND GEOLOGIE Germany EU contribution No data Address RHEINGAUSTRASSE 186 65022 WIESBADEN See on map Total cost No data LEIDEN UNIVERSITY Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 2,Einsteinweg 2 2300 RA LEIDEN See on map Total cost No data SOCIEDAD GENERAL AGUAS DE BARCELONA SA Spain EU contribution No data Address Passeig de Sant Joan 39 08009 BARCELONA See on map Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN Germany EU contribution No data Address Strasse des 17. Juni 135 10623 BERLIN See on map Total cost No data VITO - VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK NV Belgium EU contribution No data Address Boeretang 200 2400 MOL See on map Total cost No data
