Multifunctional permeable barriers carrying well-performing microbial biofilms for treatment of mixed pollutant plumes

Project Information

MULTIBARRIER

Grant agreement ID: QLK3-CT-2000-00163

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2001

End date 31 December 2003

Funded under

• Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002

Total cost € 2 106 028,00

EU contribution € 1 644 520,00

Coordinated by

VITO - VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK NV
Belgium

Objective

Groundwater polluted with complex mixtures of pollutants form a major threat for European drinking water resources. The permeable barrier technology is a sustainable in situ system to reduce risks associated with polluted water flowing in the direction of groundwater resources but is not suitable for plumes containing mixtures of pollutants. This project aims at developing a Multifunctional Permeable Barrier, which combines different principles of barrier technology, i.e. the removal of pollutants based on both physico-chemical (chemical reductive dechlorination/sorption) and biological activities (biofilm on carrier material) to treat mixed polluted plumes. The project foresees the development from lab scale to pilot scale of the system, the selective enrichment of specifically designed biofilm communities, the characterisation of the microbial populations and of the pollutant removal/degradation pathways.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

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• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › drinking water treatment processes
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology

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Programme(s)

• FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002

Topic(s)

• 1.1.1.-3. - Key action The "Cell factory"

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

VITO - VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK NV

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Boeretang 200 ; 2400 MOL ; Belgium
• Total cost: No data

Participants (8)

BIOTECS BIOLOGIE FUER TECHNIK UND UMWELT GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Wittstocker Strasse 8 ; 10553 BERLIN
• Total cost: No data

DEME ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTORS N.V.

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Haven 1025 Scheldedijk 30 ; 2070 ZWIJNDRECHT / BURCHT
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTE FOR BIOPROCESS AND ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES E.V.

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rosenhof ; 37308 HEILBAD HEILIGENSTADT
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, PRAGUE

Czechia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 3,Technicka 1905/5 ; 166 28 PRAHA 6
• Total cost: No data

LEOPOLD-FRANZENS-UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK

Austria

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 25,Technikerstrasse 25 ; 6020 INNSBRUCK
• Total cost: No data

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Am Coulombwall ; 85748 GARCHING
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA

Latvia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Raina blv. 19 ; 1586 RIGA
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY "SAINT IVAN RILSKI"

Bulgaria

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Studentski Grad Durvenitza ; 1100 SOFIA
• Total cost: No data