Project

Biotreatment of drinking water resources polluted by pesticides, pharmaceuticals and other micropollutants

Acronym
BIOTREAT
Code
41F00110
Duration
01 January 2011 → 31 December 2014
Funding
European funding: framework programme
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Environmental microorganism biotechnology
Keywords
drinking water resources micropollutants bioaugmentation
 
Project description

The aim of BIOTREAT is to develop new technologies for bioremediation of drinking water resources contaminated with micropollutants. Micropollutants are organic pollutants that occur in water at extremely low concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 10 μg/l. The basis of the proposed technologies is bioaugmentation, which is the introduction of specific degrading microorganisms or microbial consortia into existing sand filters.