Entitled “Urban Wastewater Treatment: Ready for Zero Pollution?”, this seminar will be attended by national and international researchers, and takes place within the scope of the project “Demonstration of an innovative PLAN-DO toolbox for a safer environment, resource-efficient and adequate wastewater treatment – the LIFE Fitting project”. The event is open to the entire community.
Room EC1O5
Program
9:30-10:30
Registration and welcome coffee
Hosts: Ana Margarida Teixeira & Inês Leão (CBQF/UCP)
10-30-10:45
Welcome and objectives of the seminar
Célia Manaia (CBQF) & Maria João Rosa (LNEC)
10:45-11:15
Micropollutants and antibiotic resistance in One Health: a look at the role of the environment
Ed Topp (INRAE)
11:15-11:30
Urban wastewater treatment as a One Health environmental node: looking ahead to the revised EU Directive
Célia Manaia (CBQF) & Maria João Rosa (LNEC)
11:30-11:45
Coffee break
11:45-13:00
Looking beyond: Innovation and research
Wastewater quality and impacts (15 min x 4) - Moderator: Rui Viegas (LNEC)
Chemical and microbial contaminants in water reuse in agriculture
(Ed Topp, INRAE)
Removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewaters: is the revised European Directive a solution or a headache? (Cristina Matos, REQUIMTE/LAQV)
Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in European wastewater treatment plants (Ivone Vaz-Moreira, CBQF)
Microplastics as vectors of antibiotic resistance spread: exploring the impact of wastewater discharges (Isabel Henriques, CFE-TERRA)
Q&A
13:00-14:30
Lunch break
14:30-15:45
Looking beyond: Innovation and research
Wastewater treatment and water reuse: opportunities for improvement
(15 min x 4) - Moderator: Gabriela Faria (TRATAVE)
Demonstration of an innovative PLAN-DO toolbox for a safer, resource efficient and flt-for-purpose wastewater treatment – the LIFE Fitting project (Margarida Campinas & Catarina Silva, LNEC)
Advanced Treatment Technologies for Wastewater Resources Recovery
(Vítor Vilar, LSRE-LCM/FEUP)
Treatment Technologies for Micropollutants and Pharmaceutical Residues Removal (Fátima Pedroso, AQUAPOR - SAUR GROUP)
Green Dune Bioremediation (Nuno Gomes, BLUEMATER)
Q&A
15:45-16:45
Round Table
Urban Wastewater Treatment: ready for zero pollution?
Moderator: Célia Manaia (CBQF) Cláudio Costa (TRATAVE)
Ed Topp (INRAE)
Maria João Rosa (LNEC) Cristina Antão (EQUILIBRIUM)
Fátima Pedroso (AQUAPOR - SAUR GROUP)
