Author: Silke Ludewigs
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SafeCREW’s sixth projectmeeting in Berlin
From 13th to 14th March 2025, the project team met in person for the sixth time. This time the Kompetenzzentrum Wasser, Berlin and the Umweltbundesamt – German Environment Agency were the hosts and they gave many exciting insights and progress on One highlight of the meeting was the presence of NUWEE, our Ukrainian partner, who…
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Resilience to climate change: how to guarantee the quality of drinking water
The event titled “Resilience against climate change: how we guarantee the quality of drinking water” was designed as a public results presentation of the SafeCREW project, including a Case Study site visit. Almost a hundred people from Catalan utilities, local government and municipalities, research centers, water associations and water related companies gathered for the event.…
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WEBINAR: Preparing drinking water supply systems for climate change – case study insights
On 3 April 2025 15:00 – 16:30 (CET), H2Oforall and SafeCREW are hosting their fifth joint webinar to which we would like to invite you. We will focus on ‘Preparing drinking water supply systems for climate change – case study insights‘. The webinar will provide preliminary results of four case studies located in Portugal, Spain,…
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Watch our webinar Precursors of disinfection by-products
The third webinar “DBPs – Precursors of disinfection by-products,” in collaboration with the H2OforAll project, again was a great success! Over 100 attendees joined us! Recording here Shownotes of the video (in minutes) Minute 01:45: DBPs precursors: Origin, structural characteristics, reactivity, Jean Philippe Croue, Professor in Environmental Engineering at Université de Poitiers Minute 47:45: Novel…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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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27th Drinking Water Colloquium at TUHH
On 15th February, the DVGW Research Centre TUHH hosted its 27th Drinking Water Colloquium at Hamburg University of Technology on 15th February 2024. Titled “Research and practice in drinking water supply” the event featured a diverse range of lectures by both internal and external speakers, focusing on innovative drinking water treatment and water quality topics.#SafeCREW…