adsorbing Filters for REmoving pathogenS and Heavy metals in WATER

Project description

New filters for safe drinking water

Colombia suffers among the highest levels of mercury pollution in the world. Mercury pollution and pathogens prevent poor communities in Colombia to access safe drinking water. The EU-funded FRESHWATER project will work together with local communities in the country to create a water filtration system monitored by easy-to-use and easy-to-read quality control mechanisms to produce safe and clean drinking water. FRESHWATER will also develop a bidirectional working relationship with a 'community champion' to outlast the duration of the project. The overall aim of the project will be to improve the quality of the water in low-income communities as well as in humanitarian crises, thus lowering the burden of waterborne diseases across Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › drinking water treatment processes
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › inorganic chemistry › transition metals
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › environmental sciences › pollution
• engineering and technology › civil engineering › water engineering › water supply systems

Keywords

• Drinking water
• Adsorbing filters
• Heavy metals
• Pathogens
• Cocreation
• Local and renewable plants and materials
• Water analysis
• Integration in renewably-powered water filtration units

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2020 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2020

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

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Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF BATH

Net EU contribution

€ 212 933,76

Address

Claverton Down
BA2 7AY Bath
United Kingdom

Region

South West (England) › Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area › Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

€ 0,00