Improving quality of BSR waters by advanced treatment processes
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PROGRAMME 2021-2027
priority
2 Water-smart societies
objective
2.1 Sustainable waters
Project type
Small Project
Implementation
October 2022 - September 2024

AdvIQwater

The project AdvIQwater tests photocatalysis, fungal treatment and biofilms methods to efficiently clean wastewaters from pharmaceuticals.
Project summary

Worldwide, the number of people living along the coast is rapidly increasing, resulting in increased wastewater discharges, which is a major source of pharmaceuticals entering aquatic environments. Environmental pollution by active pharmaceutical ingredients has become a serious problem in the Baltic Sea Region. Pharmaceutical residues pertain mostly to marine waters and originate from discharges from municipal wastewater treatment plants and vessels. Despite the increasing presence of pharmaceuticals in marine environments and their potential negative impacts, little research has been reported on the occurrence and removal of these contaminants in the marine ecosystem. Moreover, widely distributed and bioaccumulative contaminants could adversely affect aquatic organisms. In this regard, complex mixtures of pharmaceuticals need to be considered regarding the impact on the environment and water treatment technology, focusing on the analysis of pollutant properties and potential. In the project, combination methods of the solar-driven photocatalysis, fungal treatment, and biofilms will be developed to pilot in order to introduce practical and durable outputs and solutions for sustainable waters.

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Budgets

AdvIQwater
in numbers.
  • 0.50
    Million
    Total
  • 0.40
    Million
    Erdf
  • 0.00
    Million
    Norway

Success indicators

AdvIQwater
in numbers.
20 Organisations reached with 1 Solutions in offer 1 Solutionsin use 1 Pilotactivities 12 Organisationsin the project
  • 54.371681518.6181992
  • 58.380120726.72245
  • 55.643347812.0819247
  • 54.371681518.6181992
Lead partnerGdańsk University of Technology
  • Town
    Gdańsk
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Trójmiejski
Total partner budget
203,000.00
University of Tartu
  • Town
    Tartu
  • Region
  • Country
    Estonia
  • Region
    Lõuna-Eesti
Total partner budget
124,999.00
Aarhus University
  • Town
    Roskilde
  • Region
  • Country
    Denmark
  • Region
    Østsjælland
Total partner budget
161,000.00
Polish Ecological Club Pomeranian Branch
  • Town
    Gdańsk
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Trójmiejski
Total partner budget
10,990.00

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News

News

Relation from the first seminar within the AdvIQwater project in Gdańsk
The first seminar within the AdvIQwater project was held on 1-2.06.2023 in Gdańsk. The first day of ...

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After the AdvIQwater kick-off meeting
On 8th of February, a kick-off meeting of Interreg’s small project “Improving quality of BSR ...

Events

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    08
    February
    AdvIQwater kick-off meeting
    Project: AdvIQwater
    Virtual Meeting
    08. February 2023
    09:00 - 11:15 (CET)
    06
    December
    AdvIQwater Project Partners Meeting
    Project: AdvIQwater
    Virtual Meeting
    06. December 2022
    09:00 - 11:00 (CET)

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      • AdvIQwater project introduction - presentation from kick-off meeting
      • AdvIQwater seminar in GdaÅ„sk - Introduction about AdVIQwater project
      • Application of advanced oxidation processes for solar driven photodegradation of pharmaceuticals
      • Removing micropollutants with MBBRs: Dependence of micropollutant degradation kinetics on the adaptation of the biomass to BOD loading; Implications for reactor processes and reactor design
      • Anaerobic ammonium oxidation process for nitrogen and pharmaceuticals removal from wastewater, heavy metal treatment of composts by white rot fungi