Climate-resilient management
for safe disinfected and non-disinfected
water supply systems

Securing safe drinking water distribution

SafeCREW aims to support the novel EU Drinking Water Directive (DWD) by generating advanced knowledge and developing tools and guidelines for disinfected and non-disinfected drinking water supply systems.
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  • DVGW Water Treatment Forum

    DVGW Water Treatment Forum

    The annual “DVGW Water Treatment Forum” is a well-known event among water supply companies and attracts large numbers of visitors. In 2024, it took place on 26 September at the TZW Karlsruhe. The event was well attended with around 90 participants. This year’s programme was dominated by questions on disinfection and the biostability of drinking…

  • Use of Macroporous Membrane Adsorbers for the Removal of NOM

    Use of Macroporous Membrane Adsorbers for the Removal of NOM

    Last month, our colleague Jon Wullenweber and Mathias Ernst at DVGW-TUHH successfully published a new study in MDPI membranes: “Characterizing Macroporous Ion Exchange Membrane Adsorbers for Natural Organic Matter (NOM) Removal—Adsorption and Regeneration Behavior”. The publication demonstrates the potential of using macroporous membrane adsorbers, an adsorptive process in membrane format, for the removal of natural…

  • Public Debate and raising awareness on DBPs

    Public Debate and raising awareness on DBPs

    Join our EU Green Week Event on 11 June 2024 online! Last minute registration still possible: The Public Debate “Guidance on measures, policy and public engagement: Everything you wanted to know about DBPs” invites citizens to learn and discuss about challenges to drinking water quality. The partner event of the EU Green Week is organised…

  • Survey now available in Spanish

    Survey now available in Spanish

    Our survey is now available in Spanish also. Participate in Spanish by using this link English survey

  • Invitation to survey on climate resilient water supply

    Invitation to survey on climate resilient water supply

    SafeCREW’s survey on practices in EU water utilities shall give us information about the present practices and needs of water utilities. We would like to gather insights about the current situation and expectations for the future of climate resilient drinking water management in water utilities. The results shall support SafeCREW in developing tools and guidelines…

  • WEBINAR: Precursors of disinfection by-products

    WEBINAR: Precursors of disinfection by-products

    On 4 June 2024, 14:00 – 15:30 (CEST), H2Oforall and SafeCREW are hosting their third joint webinar on disinfection by products to which we would like to invite you. This time we will focus on Natural Organic Matter (NOM) as “Precursors of disinfection by-products“. Our guest speaker Jean-Philippe Croue, professor in Environmental Engineering at Université…

  • New partner hops on

    New partner hops on

    SafeCrew welcomes the National University of Water and Environmental Engineering (NUWEE) as a new partner. Nuwee, funded by the hop on facility of the European Commission, has been another partner in our project since 1 May. Nuwee will be contributing to the project with another case study ‘Drinking water supply systems with disinfection in Eastern…

  • Watch our webinar “DBPs – monitoring, treatment and regulation”

    Watch our webinar “DBPs – monitoring, treatment and regulation”

    The second webinar “DBPs – Monitoring, Treatment, and Regulation,” in collaboration with the H2OforAll project, was a great success! Over 50 attendees joined us. SafeCREW presented on monitoring Trihalomethanes (THM) at low concentrations in water, while H2OforAll discussed technologies for minimizing disinfection byproducts in drinking water. Dr. Kevin Letterly from the Association of State Drinking…

  • SafeCREW partners visited DuPont Technological Center

    SafeCREW partners visited DuPont Technological Center

    SafeCREW partners visited DuPont Technological Center in Tarragona on the 20th of March, as an activity preceding the General Assembly. We had the opportunity to visit their research facilities and share knowledge about water treatment and climate change challenges. 

  • SafeCrew joins the ICT4Water cluster

    SafeCrew joins the ICT4Water cluster

    Since February this year, SafeCrew became a member of the ICT4Water cluster. The ICT4Water cluster is a hub for EU-funded research and innovation projects developing digital innovations for the water sector. Currently, over 60 projects are members of the cluster. Participation in the two clusters ZeroPollution4Water and ICT4Water supports SafeCrew in exchanging information and helps…






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