AquaticPollutants booklet
The eighteen projects were selected for funding in response to the Aquatic Pollutants joint call on risks posed to human health and the environment by pollutants and pathogens present in the water resources. In total, the projects have 103 applicants involved and will be awarded with 20M€ in requested funding. The projects revolve around three themes:
1: Measuring – Environmental behaviour of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), pathogens and antimicrobial resistant bacteria in aquatic ecosystems.
2: Evaluating – Risk assessment and management of CECs, pathogens and antimicrobial resistant bacteria from aquatic ecosystems (inland, coastal and marine) to human health and environment.
3: Taking Actions – Strategies to reduce CECs, pathogens and antimicrobial resistant bacteria in aquatic ecosystems (inland, coastal and marine).
The funded projects are listed below.
| Project acronym | Project Title | Coordinator | Participating countries |
| Theme 1 | |||
| ARENA | Antibiotic Resistance and Pathogenic Signature in Marine and Freshwater Aquaculture Systems | Italy | Belgium, Germany, Spain |
| FOREWARN | Development a smart forewarning system to assess the occurrence, fate and behaviour of contaminants of emerging concern and pathogens, in waters | Spain | Finland, France, Greece, Ireland |
| MAPMAR | Marine Plasmids Driving the Spread of Antibiotic Resistances | Spain | Germany, Israel |
| PAIRWISE |
Dispersal of antIbiotic resistance and antibiotics in water ecosystems and influence on livestock and aquatic wildlife | Sweden | Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Uganda |
| PARRTAE | Probing Antibiotic Residues and Resistance transfer in Aquatic Environments | Sweden | Belgium, Norway, Spain, Sweden |
| SARA | Surveillance of Emerging Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistances in Aquatic Ecosystems | Germany | France, Israel, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Uganda |
| SPARE-SEA | Environmental Spread and Persistence of Antibiotic Resistances in aquatic Systems Exposed to oyster Aquaculture | Germany | France, Italy, Spain |
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Theme 2 |
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| Artificial Intelligence-powered Forecast for Harmful Algal Blooms | Ireland | Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Spain | |
| BIOCIDE | Antibacterial biocides in the water cycle - an integrated approach to assess and manage risks for antibiotic resistance development | Sweden |
Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Romania, Sweden |
| CONTACT | Consequences of antimicrobials and antiparasitics administration in fish farming for aquatic ecosystems | Germany |
Brazil, Denmark, France, Israel |
| PHARMASEA | Presence, behavior and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in marine ecosystems | Italy |
Germany, Norway, Spain |
| Theme 3 | |||
| AMROCE | Nanoenabled strategies to reduce the presence of contaminants of emergent concern in aquatic environments | Spain |
Finland, Greece, Israel, Italy, Norway, Poland |
| GREENWATERTECH | Green Ultrafiltration Water Cleaning Technologies | Sweden |
Czech Republic, France, Sweden |
| NANOTHECABA | CECs and AMR bacteria pre-concentration by ultra-nano filtration and Abatement by ThermoCatalytic Nano-powders implementing circular economy solution | Italy |
Denmark, Italy, Portugal |
| NATURE | Nature-based solutions to reduce antibiotics, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in aquatic ecosystems | Spain |
Denmark, Germany, Mali, Portugal |
| PRESAGE | Potential of decentralized wastewater treatment for preventing the spread of antibiotic resistance, organic micropollutants, pathogens and viruses | Spain |
Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal |
| REWA | Reduction and assessment of antimicrobial resistance and emerging pollutants in natural-based water treatment systems | Finland |
Denmark, Israel, South Africa |
| SERPIC | Sustainable Electrochemical Reduction of contaminants of emerging concern and Pathogens in wastewater treatment plants effluent for Irrigation of Crops | Germany |
Germany, Italy, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain |