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BONUS CLEANWATER

Eco-technological solutions to remove micro-pollutants and micro-plastics from wastewater

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Project period

April 2017 - April 2020

BONUS CLEANWATER

Eco-technological solutions to remove micro-pollutants and micro-plastics from wastewater.

BONUS CLEANWATER was a research project working with solutions to reduce micro-pollutants and micro-plastics in the Baltic Sea between 2017 and 2020. The project was focusing on innovative research on water technology to remove micro-pollutants and micro-plastic from wastewater. 

The BONUS CLEANWATER project was a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research effort integrating the following core disciplines: natural science, technology and engineering, finance (cost effectiveness) and environmental performance assessment by use of life cycle assessment of the reference and CLEANWATER eco-technologies.

Results

Download the BONUS CLEANWATER summary of final results here (open pdf).

Funding

The BONUS CLEANWATER project has received funding from BONUS, funded jointly by the EU and Innovation Fund Denmark, Sweden’s innovation agency VINNOVA and the German Ministry for Education and Science (BMBF).

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Project goals

  • Develop eco‐technological solutions for removing micropollutants and microplastic from contaminated water
  • Determine the dominant source, wastewater or stormwater, for various micropollutants and microplastics
  • Develop testing methods for analysis of xenobiotics and microplastics in storm‐, leachate‐ and wastewater

Publications

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Bester, K., El-taliawy, H., Escola Casas, M. (2018) Removal of ozonation products of pharmaceuticals in laboratory Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors (MBBRs) Journal of Hazardous Materials, pp. Volume 347, 5 April 2018, Pages 288-298. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.01.002

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Ekblad, M., Falås, P., El-taliawy, H., Nilsson, F., Bester, K., Hagman, M., Cimbritz, M. (2019) Is dissolved COD a suitable design parameter for ozone oxidation of organic micropollutants in wastewater? Science of the Total Environment, pp. 658 (2019) 449-456.

Lu, F., Vianello, A., Vollertsen, J. (2019) Retention of microplastics in sediments of urban and highway stormwater retention ponds Environmental Pollution, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113335

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Liu, F., Borg Olesen, K., Reimer, A., Borregaard, R., Vollertsen, J. (2019) Microplastics in urban and highway stormwater retention ponds Science of The Total Environment, , pp. Volume 671, 25 June 2019, Pages 992-1000.

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 Henning, N., Falas, P., Castronovo, S., Jewell, K.S., Bester, K., Ternes, T.A. and Wick, A. (2019) Biological transformation of fexofenadine and sitagliptin by carrier-attached biomass and suspended sludge from a hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor Water Research, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115034

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(2020) BONUS CLEANWATER summary of final report

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Ekblad, M., Juárez, R., Falås, P., Bester, K., Hagman, M., Cimbritz, M. (2021) Influence of operational conditions and wastewater Journal of Environmental Management, 286,

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Juárez, R., Karlsson, S., Falås, P., Davidsson, Å., Bester, K., Cimbritz, M. (2021) Integrating dissolved and particulate matter into a prediction tool for ozonation of organic micropollutants in wastewater Science of the Total Environment,

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Thank you for joining our final conference

On the 27th of February 2020 the final conference for BONUS Cleanwater was held.

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Download BONUS CLEANWATER folder

Want to know more about the research? Download a small folder about the BONUS CLEANWATER Project in English here.