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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Eurecat poster presentation at the IWA ecoSTP conference 2023 in Girona
Last week several SAFECREW researchers from POLIMI and EURECAT participated at the 6th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (ecoSTP-23) congress. Laura Vinardell, from Eurecat Manresa, presented the poster “Synergistic cytotoxicity of specific combination of water disinfection by-products assessed by bacterial reverse mutation tests”. Girona (Catalonia, Spain) hosted ecoSTP-23 from 26 to 29…
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Visit of ver.di Federal Specialist Group Water Sector at DVGW research centre at TUHH
As part of their annual Water Management Seminar, the ver.di Federal Specialist Group Water Sector took the opportunity to visit the SafeCREW team at DVGW research centre at TUHH on 6 July 2023. The SafeCREW research fits well to this year’s programme “Future of drinking water supply and wastewater treatment despite shortage of skilled workers…
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Award for SafeCREW poster on removal of DBP precursors in drinking water
Jon Wullenweber, PhD candidate at DVGW research centre at TUHH, presented his current research on 12 June 2023 at the first Workshop of TUHH Research Cluster “Biobased Processes and Reactor Technologies”. The poster displays research results on “Chlorine based disinfection byproduct (DBP) precursors removal during drinking water treatment”. During the poster sessions, the poster stimulated…
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SafeCREW meeting at POLIMI
On 11 and 12 May 2023 the second project meeting of SafeCREW took place in Milan. On the first evening, the team was hosted by our partner MM in the Water Museum Milan and learned about the start of waterworks in Italy. The second day we were hosted by POLIMI. We looked at the achievements…
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SafeCREW researcher promotes International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023
With this post, we’d like to introduce our colleague Laura Vinardell Magre, PhD candidate at Eurecat, and her engagement in the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February 2023. In her own words: “Last month was the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11th of February). In this sense,…
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Eurecat presents its role in SafeCREW in Catalan and Spanish
SafeCREW partner Eurecat is the main Research & Technology Organisation in Catalonia and the second largest private research organisation in southern Europe. It brings together the experience of more than 650 professionals who generate an annual turnover of 52 million euros and provides services to more than 2,000 companies. Eurecat works on SafeCREW through its…
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Kickoff meeting of SafeCREW concluded
The safe and affordable supply of drinking water in the EU under the pressure of climate change is a key priority. The European joint project SafeCREW, led by the DVGW Research Centre at Hamburg University of Technology, will address this key priority over the next three and a half years. SafeCREW will develop new methods…
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SafeCREW – Safeguarding drinking water supply systems under climate change conditions
The DVGW research center at TUHH is coordinating the EU project SafeCREW since 1 November 2022. Partners from five countries will research on climate-resilient management for safe disinfected and non-disinfected water supply systems. They will close knowledge gaps on disinfection by-products and develop guidelines for the monitoring and management of drinking water supply. SafeCREW is…