The Winter School on emerging pollutants and disinfection by-products organized by the University of Porto
The Technology Centre of the Sea- CETMAR participated this week in the Winter School on ‘Emerging Contaminants (CECs) and Disinfection By-products (DBPs): Occurrence, Impact and Elimination’. Organised by the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP), University of Coimbra and NOVA School of Science and Technology of NOVA University of Lisbon, it was held in Vila Nova de Gaia supported by the NOR-WATER Network and the ZeroPollution4Water Cluster.
Framed in the BlueWWater, ALERT-PFAS, H2OforAll and MAR2PROTECT projects, the event intended to provide an overview on the current state of knowledge and latest developments related to the occurrence, impact and removal of disinfection by-products (DBPs), contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and microbial contamination. The goal was to offer solutions facing risks in the supply of safe drinking water and alternative water sources for agricultural production
Patricia Quintas, a project officer in the Environment and Marine Resources Control and Management Area of CETMAR, participated in the Winter School to present two actions coordinated by CETMAR. They were the BlueWWater project, on which she gave an overview, and the NOR-WATER Network, which aims at creating a multidisciplinary public-private meeting forum about pollutants of emerging concern, to create opportunities for research and technological developments.
The Winter School included, among other activities, a section specifically devoted to PhD students, who had the opportunity to present a poster presentation and do networking with university experts. There were also several workshops on European directives on drinking water, water reuse and urban wastewater treatment or future challenges.
More than 250 people attended the event, making it a great success and reaffirming the relevance of knowledge sharing regarding pollutants management.
