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)

Project Information

POSEIDON

Grant agreement ID: EVK1-CT-2000-00047

Start date 1 January 2001

End date 30 June 2004

Funded under

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

Total cost € 2 290 274,00

EU contribution € 1 372 963,00

Coordinated by

FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY
Germany

Objective

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 coination of wastewater and drinking water treatment to remove PPCPs considering varying qualities of the water resources.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › drinking water treatment processes
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › wastewater treatment processes
• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › pharmacology and pharmacy › pharmaceutical drugs
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology

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

FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen 15-17 ; 56002 KOBLENZ ; Germany
• Total cost: No data

Participants (9)

ECT OEKOTOCXIKOLOGIE GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Bottgerstraße, 2-14 ; D-65439 FLÖRSHEIM
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FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY REPRESENTING THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA

Austria

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Spittelauer Laende 5 ; 1090 WIEN
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JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITAET MAINZ

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Becherweg 21 ; 55099 MAINZ
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SILESIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Poland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ul. Akademicka 2 ; 44 100 GLIWICE
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SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT SA

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rue du President Wilson 38 ; 78230 LE PECQ SUR SEINE
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SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Switzerland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ueberlandstrasse 133 ; 8600 DUEBENDORF
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TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Finland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Korkeakoulunkatu 6 ; 33720 TAMPERE
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Campus Universitario Sur ; 15706 SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
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VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Austria

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 13/226,Karlsplatz 13/226 ; 1040 WIEN
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