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

Resources

Zenodo Community

Guidelines

Policy briefs

Publications

  • Wullenweber, J., Bennert, J., Mantel, T. and Ernst, M. 2024.
    Characterizing Macroporous Ion Exchange Membrane Adsorbers for Natural Organic Matter (NOM) Removal—Adsorption and Regeneration Behavior,
    Membranes 2024, 14(6), 124;
    https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes14060124
  • European Commission: European Research Executive Agency, Remmert-Rieper, M., Meilmann, D., Martins, R., Charpentier, L. et al., ZeroPollution4Water Cluster – The overview and the inventory of 32 case studies in drinking and groundwater,
    Publications Office of the European Union, 2025,
    https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2848/3536872
  • Behnisch, P., Besselink, H., Wullenweber, J., Cantoni, B., Antonelli, M., Ernst, M., Grieb, A. and Magna, M.,
    LP-34 EU Safe Crew project for evaluating organohalogens (e.g. PFAS, DBPs) in drinking water in Milano (Italy) by using a panel of effect-based bioassays,
    Toxicology Letters, Volume 411, Supplement, 2025; P. S455
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2025.07.1048
  • Ranjbar, E., Kaczmarek, D., Khorasani and H., Ruhl, A. S.,
    Investigating chlorine consumption through semi-mechanistic modeling and its implications for trihalomethane formation: A comparison of diverse drinking water,
    Water Research, Volume 288, Part A, 2026,
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124673.
  • Nihemaiti, M., Wullenweber, J., Stefanoni, M., Kahle, L., Lechtenfeld, O.J., Cantoni, B., Antonelli, M., Ernst, M., Reemtsma, T.,
    Formation of regulated and novel disinfection by-products during chlorine and chlorine dioxide disinfection of surface water and groundwater,
    Water Research, Volume 290, 2026,
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124996.
  • Wullenweber, J., Vahedi, Sh., Bennert, J. and Ernst, M. (2026).
    Electrochemical regeneration of macroporous anion exchange membrane Adsorbers for the removal of natural organic matter (NOM),
    Journal of Water Process Engineering, Volume 85, 2026, 109770, ISSN 2214-7144, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2026.109770.
  • David Langenbach, D., Kalweit, C., Kaczmarek, D. and Ruhl, A.S. (2026). Evaluating DBP Formation in Chlorinated Drinking Water: Effects of Contact with System Materials,
    ACS ES&T Water, February 26, 2026, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsestwater.5c0135.

Public deliverables

D1.1 Advanced analytical procedures for the characterisation of disinfection by-products and methodology for remote sensing of natural organic matter – public report – public report

D1.2 Robust analytical methods to comprehensively characterise natural organic matter and related disinfection by-products formation potential – public report

D1.3 Test protocol for effect-based in-vitro toxicity assessment of disinfection by products – public report

D1.5 Protocols for testing materials in contact with disinfected water, integrating batch- and continuous-flow conditions – public report

D2.1 Report on seasonal bacteria fluctuation in raw water of non-disinfected case study sites in Northern Germany – public report

D2.2 Report on material properties of conductive membrane for optimal disinfection by-product precursor removal – public report

D2.3 Application guideline about disinfection-by-product precursor removal by different materials – public report

D5.2 Project website and flyer release – public documentation

D5.6 Summary of communication and clustering activities in year 1 – public report

D5.7 Midterm review of communication and dissemination activities and plans – public report

D6.2 Data Management Plan – Initial – documentation

D6.3 Public summary of midterm achievements (excerpt) – public report

Deliverables to be expected in the next twelve months

D4.1 A set of climate change scenarios and related impacts summarised through infographics, and guidelines for tipping point identification – public report

ZeroPollution4Water resources

Webinars conducted by SafeCREW

In cooperation with the ZeroPollution4Water Cluster and H2OforALL

Press releases

SafeCREW featured in the press

Communication Kit