H2OforAll: Innovative Integrated Tools and Technologies to Protect and Treat Drinking Water from Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs)

水净化和消毒是向公民提供安全用水的关键过程，但由于土壤/淡水污染日益严重，水源质量低下，使这一目标非常具有挑战性。氯消毒剂与水中有机物反应产生的消毒副产物（DBPs），即使在低浓度下也会对环境和人体健康产生严重影响，但人们对DBPs的认识还不够深入。对人的银活性和神经毒性的影响已被报道。H2OforAll项目旨在通过开发快速、具有成本效益和准确的传感器监测设备，并通过模拟其在饮用水分配系统中的传播，评估主要的DBP来源和归宿。此外，本项目还将研究DBPs的毒性和环境影响，并提出保护饮用水链的措施。另一方面，将开发突破性的水处理方法，以消除消毒副产物或避免其在水消毒过程中形成，并注意其生命周期分析、成本和风险。将建立一个中央知识库，提供关于欧洲DBPs发生情况及其影响的可靠数据，以提高社会和政府组织对这些饮用水污染物的认识，从而制定新的政策应对措施和指导。

Water purification and disinfection are crucial processes to provide safe water to citizens, but the low quality of water sources due to soil/freshwater increasing contamination makes this goal very challenging. Disinfection byproducts (DBPs), produced when chlorine disinfectant reacts with organic matter in water, have a serious impact even at low concentrations on the environment and human health, still not well understood. Effects on human’sliver activity and neurotoxicity were already reported. H2OforAll project aimsto assess main DBPssources and fate through the development of fast, cost-effective and accurate sensor monitoring devices and also by modelling their spread through drinking water distribution systems. In addition, DBPs toxicity and environmental impact will be studied in this project and measures will be proposed to protect drinking water chain. On the other hand, breakthrough water treatments to remove DBPs or avoid their formation during water disinfection processes will be developed, paying attention to their life cycle analysis, costs and risks. A central knowledge base with reliable data on the occurrence of DBPs in Europe and their effects will be created to increase awareness of society and governmental organizations about these drinking water contaminants in order to draw new policy responses and guidance