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Catalan Water Research Institute research and innovation for the sustainable use of water

WATER QUALITY

The area of Water Quality and Safety seeks to provide a complete and efficient response to the problems and challenges related to water quality, particularly in the Mediterranean region. We do so by considering both the chemical and microbiological contamination of water bodies, allowing the identification of tools needed for their adequate management and preservation.

Our main goal is to define the concentrations, fate, and mechanisms of action of chemical pollutants and waterborne pathogens both in the aquatic environment and in engineered systems (drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, and reuse systems). We do apply cutting-edge chemical and microbiological analytical methods to assess the quality and the characteristics of surface waters, groundwater, and treated water, the latter including both drinking water sources and wastewater. The impacts of chemical and microbiological pollutants are considered under the One Health approach, which recognizes the interconnectivity of humans, animals, and the environment.

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ICREA Research Professor, graduated in Chemical Engineering (1988), MSc in Environmental Chemistry (1991) and PhD in Chemical Sciences (1995) from the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Her main field of research about it is the study of the destination and behavior of emerging organic contaminants (pharmacs and endocrine disruptors) in wastewater and drinking water tracts. The specific lines of research about it include the study of the biological and abiotic transformations of the emerging contaminants, identification of the transformation products, elucidation of the ways of transformation, study of the presence and distribution of emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment and risk  environmental assessment .

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