Contaminants of Emerging Concern

•Introduction to the projects •Waste water characterisations: UK and transnational •Technology results and overall conclusions •noPILLS rationale and outline Over […]

Actiflo® combined with Powder Activated Carbon for micro-pollutants and pesticides removal “Emerging” pollutants: a wide range of molecules Origins of […]

Emerging Pesticides •Increased knowledge on land management –2008 New pesticides detected in UK water supplies –Change of Agricultural Practices –OSR […]

•Wessex Water AMP5 investigation into the use of constructed wetlands for phosphorus removal Requirements: •No energy system •Easily retrofitted at […]

Chemical Investigations Programme (CIP1) •Under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) Water Companies will be required to meet ‘good chemical status’ […]

Removal of Priority Pollutants Using a Novel Polymer Derived Carbon • CARBOSORB Project – University of Brighton Collaboration • What is […]

•Summary of European and national Drinking Water legislation •Some recent research commissioned by DWI on emerging contaminants in drinking water, […]

Centre for Chemical Safety and Stewardship Overview •Project aims •Risk assessment and routes of exposure •Pharmaceutical usage •Compound selection and […]

•How does the Water Framework Directive address harmful chemicals in surface waters? •The newly-revised priority substances list –EU directive 2013/39/EU […]

1.“Emerging substances” – how are they identified? 2. Understanding sources 3. Perspectives from the UKWIR CIP 4. CIP findings 5. […]