Assessing the Feasibility of Using a Novel Sub-Micron, Magnetic Sorbent Material for the Highly Efficient Removal of Dissolved Organic Carbon from Blue Water

该项目将开发一种新型的高效、低成本的去除有机水污染元素的技术。有机水污染导致水变色，因此自来水公司有义务消除这种污染，以确保水达到欧洲联盟规定的饮用水质量标准。在过去20年中，对旱地集水区的有机水污染增加了一倍，导致一些集水区在使用现有技术进行节水方面变得不经济。因此，该项目旨在验证一种从水体中去除有机污染物的新技术，如果成功，将有助于维持未来的供水安全。

This project will see the development of a novel highly efficient, low cost technology for the removal of an element of organic water pollution. Organic water pollution results in the discolouration of water and as such water companies are obliged to remove this to ensure that it reaches the drinking water quality standards as specified by the European Union. Organic water pollution to upland catchments has doubled in the last 20 years, resulting in some catchments becoming uneconomic for water abstaction using currently availible techniologies. This project therefore aims to validate a new technology for organic pollutant removal from water bodies and if successful will serve to maintain the security of water supply into the future.