European Fundend Projects

  • ID:
    projects-592
  • fiwar:
    LIFE22-ENV-PT-LIFE-Fitting/101114188
  • Project_Acronym:
    LIFE22-ENV-PT-LIFE Fitting
  • Project_Name:
    Demonstration of an innovative PLAN-DO toolbox for a safer, resource efficient and fit-for-purpose wastewater treatment
  • Funding Authority:
    LIFE
  • Call for proposals:
    Environment
  • Focus Area:
    Pollutants reduction,Waste water treatment
  • Begin Date:
    2023-07-01
  • End Date:
    2025-06-30
  • Status:
    Completed
  • Budget:
    € 001 100 494.00
  • Description:
    The main objective of the LIFE Fitting project is to demonstrate at full-scale the application of a novel solution (PLAN-DO toolbox) for smart discharge-driven operation, monitoring and strategic planning of WWTPs to better cope with climate uncertainty and treated water quality challenges. The project outputs will support water utilities in the selection and prioritisation of strategies and investments in the short, medium and long term towards an enhanced integrated control of regulated contaminants (organic matter, nutrients), pharmaceuticals and antimicrobial resistance, and - where/when direct or indirect reuse is envisaged - pathogen indicators (E. coli as bacteria indicators, coliphages as virus indicators and Clostridium perfringens spores as protozoa indicators). LIFE Fitting will target over 50 pharmaceutical compounds and pathogens, namely E. coli, F-specific coliphages, and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and genes (ARGs). The PLAN-DO toolbox is based on four pillars, integrating five tools: Monitoring WWTP & receiving water body – MonitorTool; Performance assessment & Forecasting– PASTool and CEC ForecasTool; WWTP impact on receiving water quality & uses – Smart Discharge Tool; (these three pillars constitute the “DO” component) and Strategic planning (the “PLAN” component) – PlanTool. The toolbox will support the development of strategies balancing resource-efficient wastewater treatment with a safer and fit-for-purpose treatment, adjustable to the receiving water uses and quality requirements towards regulated and emerging contaminants, namely, pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs), antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). The proposed solution will be developed and demonstrated in three full-scale WWTPs in the north of Portugal, with strong textile and hospital inputs and which discharge into the Selho, Ave or Vizela rivers, with long periods of weak dilution. The toolbox is mainly adapted for water utilities but may also support the activities of environmental protection agencies, water regulators and policy makers.
  • Resource:
    https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/project/LIFE22-ENV-PT-LIFE-Fitting-101114188/demonstration-of-an-innovative-plan-do-toolbox-for-a-safer-resource-efficient-and-fit-for-purpose-wastewater-treatment
  • Inland water types:
    Urban water', 'Rivers and estuaries'