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Improving current barriers for controlling pharmaceutical compounds in urban wastewater treatment plants (LIFE Impetus)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Background Pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs) are emerging contaminants of environmental-health concern that, if not checked, could adversely affect drinking water sources and reuse projects, two key issues of sustainable water management. To develop water reuse and ensure the preservation of drinking water supplies in Europe, it is thus important to elimi ...
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Smart Water Supply System (LIFE SWSS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Background Water Supply Systems (WSS) are large-scale systems that collect, store, treat and transport water over wide geographical areas to consumers. Safe and efficient operation is crucial for these systems. WSS can have major environmental impacts due to the substantial amounts of energy consumed, as well as through the emission of greenhouse gases (G ...
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BIOMETAL DEMONSTRATION PLANT FOR THE BIOLOGICAL REHABILITATION OF METAL BEARING-WASTEWATERS (BIOMETAL DEMO)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

"Heavy metal pollution is one of the most important environmental problems today even threatening human life. A large number of industries produce and discharge wastes containing different heavy metals into the environment and do not comply with current EU directives. BIOMETAL DEMO project aims at demonstrating the feasibility of the application of novel biotechnologies for the treatment of metal ...
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Tailoring hybrid membrane processes for sustainable drinking water production (LIFE HyMemb)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Background Anthropogenic pressures and climate change are responsible for severe variations in raw water availability and quality, and for the degradation of water sources by emerging contaminants that are of environmental-health concern because of their toxicity, mutagenicity and/or endocrine-disrupting behaviour. These include personal care products and ...
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Innovative tools for the detection and mitigation of CBRN related contamination events of drinking water (SAFEWATER)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

SAFEWATER will develop an affordable global generic solution for the detection and management of drinking water crises resulting from CBRN contamination. SAFEWATER addresses the key drinking water incident management challenges at large, and in particular, the current shortcomings related to the contamination of water networks by CBRN agents - the lack of effective detection capacities, contaminat ...
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Iberlinx II - Acção territorial transfronteiriça de conservação do lince-ibérico (0407_IBERLINX_II_6_P)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

OBJECTIVOS: Qualificar e promover o desenvolvimento dos territórios transfronteiriços abrangidos pelo projecto através da conservação e valorização dos seus espaços naturais, expressando essa qualificação e aumento de valor através da conservação do lince-ibérico. ACÇÕES: Controlo e Segurança do território (vigilância de incêndios; controlo da caça ilegal); Gestão do habitat (culturas para a fauna ...
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Récupération de rivières dans le SUDOE européen (RICOVER)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

El proyecto tiene por objetivo definir e implementar (a través de intervenciones piloto) estrategias y metodologías conjuntas de protección y conservación de los ríos del SUDOE, teniendo en cuenta, entre otros elementos, las características naturales y la biodiversidad, la preservación de hábitats prioritarios y del Patrimonio de la Red Natura 2000, la importancia de los ríos como corredores ecoló ...
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Iberlinx - Acção territorial transfronteiriça de conservação do lince – ibérico (0016_IBERLINX_6_P)

Start date: Jan 11, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2010,

OBJECTIVO: Garantir condições óptimas de habitat potencial para o lince-ibérico, de modo à sua posterior reintrodução/translocação e apoio ao funcionamento do centro de cria português, promovendo um efeito demonstrativo e multiplicador sobre outras áreas rurais adjacentes. Comunicação da sustentabilidade ambiental do projecto e impacto positivo no turismo.ACÇÕES: 1) Gestão dos habitats e das popul ...
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