Third H2OforAll and SafeCREW Webinar - Precursors of disinfection by-products

On 4 June 2024, 14:00 – 15:30 (CEST), H2Oforall and SafeCREW hosted their third joint webinar on disinfection. The webinar attracted mor than 100 attendees. 

The webinar focussed on Natural Organic Matter (NOM) as “Precursors of disinfection by-products“. The guest speaker Jean-Philippe Croue, professor in Environmental Engineering at Université de Poitiers, introduced DBP precursors, their origin, their structural characteristics and their reactivity. Scientists from the SafeCREW and the H2OforAll team presented two novel approaches for DBP precursor removal.

Agenda

14:00 Welcome

14:05 DBPs precursors: Origin, structural characteristics, reactivity
Jean Philippe Croue, Professor in Environmental Engineering at Université de Poitiers (Minute 01:45)

14:35 Novel electro-sorptive adsorption technologies to remove natural organic matter in drinking water
Jon Wullenweber, PhD candidate at DVGW-TUHH (Minute 47:45:)

14:55 Exploring the potential of catalytic advanced oxidation and enzymatic processes: removal disinfection by-product (DBP) precursors from water
Matheus Pereira and Rui Martins, Chemical Engineering Department – University of Coimbra (Hour 1:06:00)

15:15 Q&A session and conclusions

H2OforAll and SafeCREW are two of seven Horizon Europe projects which join forces in the ZeroPollution4Water Cluster with the aim to contribute to high water quality under climate change conditions.