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~rr~~rging sub~stan~e~ in the ~nr~tercy~l+~~merging substances enter the water cycle thr4ugh point sot~t-ces

suci~ as efflue~~ discharges fram wastewater ~reatment plans and

ÍRC~~,i5~1i@S, ar~d from dïf€~se saurces as agricuiture end urban storm

water ~-uno~f. Tse dii~u~e sources arp thr~ugh Cheír nature diffi~ul~ ta

monitor ar~d cantn?l, In í#~e TAPES project thé ~eontrfl~ and ma~agem~ent

vf emergir►~ substances i~ addressed thr~ugh a c~nc~rted ~ctian. Keypiayers respo~sible far sur~a~e water and ~roundwater bo~dfest those

respc~nsibl~ fnr ~h~e treatmenfi ~a~ r+v~~ewater and tho~se ~espoflsible lor

the prod~ttion af drinkin~g water ~rork logether to jointly addr~ss the

contr-oi af +em~rc~ing substan~~~.

Phvtr~ Y: ~ari~~ phartr~aceutí+cafs and lif~styí~ prvdu~ .enter the watercycli

C~DC3iD approachTABES p~rt~ners aperate on the basgis o~ the DDDIU approach: design,

d~velr~.p, decidar implerr~ent and dissernina~e.Ashort list o~ ~u~stanc~s, --'ta be stutiïe~i ïn TAPES, was developed on the basis ~f ~.heir relevance

lor the part~c~pating r~givn~ in TAPES and thefr represe~tat~Weness fnr

gmups of ernerging substances ~human pharmaceu~icals, R~~Q~~~ ~r~ ~ Research an dr~nkirt~g w~t~r productionand lila sky1~ prQducts , Qestïcides, h~rbicïdes X-raar contrast me~d~~ and Rese~r~h anthecontr~ol4feme~ging~ubst~n~esln dr~nking waterfoc.u~sesfla~m~ r~tardants~. Set+or~dly th~e E~I~~3It~ was used ~v joinfily deeidt on on both new anaiyticai methods foor thé dete~tian end quan~i~~~ti~on ofthe research issues and ~develop the research program. ~ emerg~ng substances (organlc micro-pofiutants~ and on advan~~d re~

rnoval processas. TMe remaval processas studied and improved a~-~ nernr

and innovative adsarbents, affinity adsorp~ion, ian~~x~h~nge, advanced

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Research on the Short-iisted emerging substances is c~rr~e+~ out bar the

dif~erer~t ptayet~ in ~e water cycle and results pre enter~d ira ~he TAPES

d~cisi~on yupport system ~DSS}. The DSS wïil usa exïst~ng ani new(y

~~, generated knowledge on sc~urces a~ em~rt~ing substances (saurces), ;

~ fats of emerging ~ubstanc~s ]n the water cycle f ~athways) and ~n

~ thé poten~ia~ Imp~~i ~n h~tnan health an~1 ~n tt~e at{uat~c et~viro~tmer~tpreceptors}. The D5S wi11 suppo~ problem-owner~jend-users in their

de~isian-ma~~ng ~rocess tin where in the water cycle fio most efificienfily

and effeCtÉvely address thé probl~m Qf e+-nergint~ substances.

t~es~ar~h Qr~ w~ste~vatQr treatm+entResearch is carried aut cpn the occ~rrence and monitoring of emerging

substances in surface water and wastewater as weis as khe removat of

such ~ubstan~es in var~ous v~astewater treatment procesces. Fourth step

te~~nofo~gi~s ►n waste~nra~r tr+eatrn~nt tnctud~e ~m~ng~t otherS: one stept~t~at ef~u~r~t pc~ti~h~n~ liter, r+~~nova~l c~f rnícro-pflllu~ants throu~h the

use of re~~ention soit filter and c#i~so~ved ais flofiafiïon (DAF} as pre-treat-

rn~nt, The positive effects c~ thQ acivanced treatrnent Rrocess~s on the

~rat~r quality fn thé ca~chmenï at~e~~ are deter~n~ned witti the i3WA w~-

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The Erfl:verband rs ~ water ~ssociatiun warkïng in th~e public interest to

care for surfiac~ watersi ~roundwat~r, daad profiectlon end wastewater

treatment in the Erft rivet catchrr~en~t a~F western Germany. Withm the

TABES-ï'rd~ect the Erfverband cantribute~ ~ccnawledge ~biained Erom

pr'oces~-telstad and appiic~tit~n aríente~i mt~r~itor~~g end research wark

+~n ~n ~x~mpia~Y wa~er~~urse, ~~ ~~rist. Thé keys p~in+~s arp investig~~ians

of point end nc~n-point sourc~s a5 we1! as ~u~~ce w~te~ re~ar~in~

emergfng scabsta~ce~. Mareover, alternafiíve ~r~tmer~~ techniqu~s a~r~

testeg. Modeliing emt$sia~ p~thways anc~ ~the fa~~ a~~mer~~ng s~t~;~ar~c~s~n waxercaurse~ are allo dart sof ihe pragramme.

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intraductionEmerging substances fn the water cycle are of concern ~~a public anddecision makers, Regularory fram~ewo~-ks and c~uali~}+ criteria dor thesesubstances arre ~oft~n 1~cking. As pari o~F thé EU Interneg p~ojec~ TAPES ~Decisian Support Systerr~ ~DSS~ i~ develap~d for decinon makers withanthe waker ~rcle. The DS~ aims ~t helpïn~ water au~t~r~ties, drinkïng wakercarnpanies and ~e~fs~on makers wikhín the water cycle in decidln~ if, howand where emerging substac~ces can b~ controil~d mo~~ ~ffectt~+~1y at~def~icientty. The DSS uses ~nfarmativ~ an occurrence, sounce, pathway,~nvit~p~iRl~t1~31 fats, chemical chara~cCerls~~cs and koxicity► of ernergingsubstances as welf as information on effiGency of potentiai ~echrrical-,rnanageriai- and socíal ab~iern~nt optians an ioca! and regionai scafes.

KWR is involWed in developing khe kr~t~wiedge base Qf the DAS.

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Kn~~rl~~ge requirern~ntsS~ppt~rting de~isions pre b~sed on kr~awied~~. Frst~y, physícat an~Ichemical characterí~tí+cs af s~bstar~ces as wel! as ~roperties pf theenwïr~nr~nental compar~ments arre re~uired. 5eco~,diy, ~kh~ir em~ssic~npathwa}~s ani volumes Weed to be known, this re.~uires knawfedge or~prod~c~ic~n ~v~lur~e~ and ~ppli~a~iar► o~ substances. Thirdly, occurr~nceand ~nvimnmenta! fats data a~-e n~eded to ~s~e~ wh~her ~,n+d in vvhi~

er~víronmentaf compartmen~s the 5ubstance~ pre relew8n~. Four~hiy,hazard assessmenf requires i~,~€i~íty dada far human h~alth and t~~~cosystem. Fir~aliyr ~he efficiency ~f different abatemenfi opt~an~s at

different plakes ira tt~e water cyefe are needed. ligure 1 gives an ~vervi~wof the knowledge requírements.

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Inte~gratinc~ l~n~v~l~dge t+a yuppart decisponsThe kn~wledge ne~ds tp b~ integr~ted ta enabl~ proper a~dvice to ~lecisionmakers. Such adv~ce cc~nsíst of three pillars; eacpasur~ asses~mer~t,

hazard assep$ment ani assessmeni of abatem~r~t aptions.

~mission rout~sare us~d to predictenvironmental loads Brr concenfratians(ter Laak, Van der Aa et al. 2010; Copp~ns 2414). Fjgure 2 gives anexa~nple of a spatiafly defined predictian of envirunmen~ai concentratiansof carbamazepine in Dutch surfac+~ wat~r~ baserf on emjssïQnS gafindividual sewage trea~rnenC plats ~S7R~~. Hazard assessmen~ o~ asubstance requires toxicolvgic~l properties and at wh~t cQncenfir~:tion ~~sub~ar~ce poses end effect on organisms in fih~ environment or humane.Toxicoïogi~al data are offien incompi~te tnr ~he hazard a~sessrr~entfar humaans and the ~cosyskern. Díf~er~nt stratenles care tiackie theseknowledge gaps, Chemïc~t r+~d across techníque~ (pr~clïcting behavjourjef~ectsofchemlcalsfrs~m str~ucturallysimïlarchemfcais~ and (quar~titative~structure activity relationships ~{(~}SARs} can assess taxicity {E~~i't~~2U12~. The combin~~ian of expasure and hazard ass~ssment aliQ~r~►s riskassessm~nt af a particuiar substance. Th1s gives a ratíanale far select~ngab~tem~eni ap~ions (risk man~gement~.

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~tanaging risk by reducing envíronme~n~ai co~centrations ~r+equireseffectave and efficient abatement op~ions. These abatement ap~~anscan be: improving centra! treatment t~chnc~lag~Qs vf drfnking water terwastewater, decentralized technologica nteasurss, sdcíal and manageriaimeasure~ and adaptatian of te~isia~ion, Thé ~F~cus of the Decision~up~art System withan the TAPES praJects is rnainly on t~echnofogïcatabatement op~t~or~s. Ttte impaci c~f a ~~e~#~n~aiagicat~ aba~ernen~ option is~ cdmp~ex interplay af use, emission pathways and ~haracterist~cs of the~merging substance and the technical ~Jetails of thé selected measure.t3ften, remov~i e~~icïencies of ~rea~nent techno~agies ~r~ ur~F~r~~wn forem~rging substances. In this situa~ir~n QSARs :and ch~mi~al r~~d ~crasstechr~jques can be usefu! in ~elecking meesores for effect~v~ and effic#egtrisk reduction ~Nafman-+naris, de 3angh et al. ~~1~~,

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introduction interviewsEmerging substances (ES) in surface water are inc~easingly giving With the descrlbe~d preilminary DSS as basis interviews/dis~cussions veereconcern Co the public, regulators and asars af this water as a drinking carried aut witti ~he project partners interestel in using such a DDS.water ~our~e. Water au~horities and water campanies st~-~uggie witti T'he iit~ervlews ware r~cvr~e~l. At a later point aN thé int~rview~ wQrethe question where and how fio at~tie ~I~ese substances in the water analy~sed and t~te points rais~d wher~ written dt~wn ar~d clusteren to ~~~ ,

,,,ícycle. Different 5rr~tegies are ~vaiiable, rangmg €rem prever~~ing the revea~ main issues ~Fi~ure 2}. The main ~on~lusion from the interviewscompaunds ent~rin~ the water cyste Xo er~d-~f pípe solu~lon~ such as r~ra~ that deciscan rr~ak~rs ~~re nat s~r~uggling ~r+~ïtfi 1a~ck, ~f ~nfor-r~ation,remaval of thé substances at ~rin4~ng water treatment ptants. As a bit rno~s witti v~rha~ wis r~eteYan~ end ~vw t+~ extract rnaïn pointespart of the EU Tnterreg project TAPES a navel Dec~sion Support ~rstem fr+~m ~he information av~íiable. áhE m in issues far ~dec~sion makers ~ - .(dSS) is b~ing lavalapel to facílitate d~cision rr~akers~ withm thé water identified veere:cyci~ witti the complex talk ot dec+din4 on thé most sust-effe~tiv+~ aná • no slaar overview oF ES in water (sources, m~asuresr tr~~tment ~ `efficient strategies to ~antr~Qi emer~ging Substances withir~ ~heir segment technoio4Y and focatian~of the water eycl~e. •have to lacally de~irre if a water b~d°y hos problems witti E~

~ what are the ~f~ect~ of the ES on human h~atth anr~ Late ecosystemPrelim~nary DSS~as~d on the TAPES project vutfine end dis~ussi~ans a limited Hambar c~fproje~E partners a preliminar3r DSS fram~work wis defined (Figure 1}.

The fram~worl~ eonsisted ofi ~hree levels

t~vef ~ - ~resen~ w111 be mailping the present situati~on. Thi~ ~n►iq b~ ~dQn~bosel vn con~entrafiion levers af emerging substances in the surf~~ewaters af the case investiga~~d. If naadel apost-treatment profile wiii ~ ,__..__be made bas~d on rhe weter t~~tm~nt t~thn~lQgies Gurrentiy in p1~~e.Usïng this in~orrnation a toxicoiagical assessm~nt wilt ~e made.Level ~ - SoluL'ans wild be ass~s~[n~ which solutions are availabie and Fge~r~e 2. Analysis ar~d cfustertng of interview i~forn~ation

appli~abie to the decisión-maker ~ased on the outcome$ of Leve! 1. ~his ~wilt beevaivatedwfthin theca~kegoriesadditionatdrinkinr~w~tertr~atmentfaddít~anal wast water tre~tment ani other tyrp+es af m~tigation rnethads C~SS f C~t'Y'I~V!/~~éGsuch as legislati~n, decentratised remc~vai kechnïqu~s, awarer~ess raising 1Nith ~he rnain issues identified a t~~~ fram~w~rk hos been autiin~d,etc. to vork tawards durïng the rernaïnder of the projeck (Ftgurs 3). TheLeve! 3 -vutare will be simulating varinus futur~ ~evet4pments bosel on finaf DSS ~hould be able to gïve the asar infarma~ion on the saur~e,consumpt~on, f~ydrologï+ca~l ~nd~or legisfativ~ ~certario~ and st~tisLics. p~~hr~vay, fata in the environment, cherr~ical charact~er~$tics and taco-}In th~s way, thé curren~ situ~tion mailpad in LeveO ~. con be adjusfi~d tca tax~Gi~y af jndiv~t~uat emet~ing subst~nc~s, ~Og~ther wrth in~t~rmahfln Qnfutur~ sc~enarios for d~c~sir~n~ reiated t~o i~ng ferm ~e~Fects. ti ~he efficiency of various water ~reatm~nt techr~a(ogie~ ira remav~ng the

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specifrc subsirance. Th~s ~nfQrrnat~on ~h~utd be ava~labie to the asars asfa~etsheets~ bit shoutd ~ísv enabie the DAS to give suggestion af aowbest to deal witti relevant ES witti regards to mit4gat~on methods v+,rithinthe ~arte~t~rles t~+~hnical-, manag~rïa!- and soc+~t svlut~ons. Fïnally an

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n~r~duct~~nToday, adsarption proceses are wïdespread us~d for thé removal ofemerging substances (ES} during drini~ing water treatment. Ira mostcases,activated carbon Is used as a~lsorbent and graves ko b~ an effec~ívebanier ~gainst a wide range taf dissolued ~rganic ~onkaminan~s. ~.g. mostof the pesticïdes or pharmaceu~ical residuen n be ef~i~~enfi~~r remuved.Some of the mors potar compounds how+ever cannot be ~~fficienkiyeliminaíed by adsar~ation on comm~rciaily awaiiabte aciiv~ated carbons.As a cansequence, espe~fal~y these potar E,5 pre of concern dor wakerutllEtie~ and possible options to redu~~e th~ir ~o~centr~tïans arp n~eded.

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The experiments wí11 mainfy fflcus an ES w~tich are not easily remov~ed byconventional ~r~atm~n~~+ecF►na~~ogfesapplied ira drinking water productton.E~carnpies arp polyfluarinated ~ompour~ds ~~s~pe~ially thé ~hQrt-drainrepresentatirres~, artificial sweeteners, ~rnpl~xing agents and iodinate~ix~r~y cvrr~rast agenis,

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Thé ac~sarptifln beha~ior of sev~rat ES is known for the predarninant~yapplied granut~r activated carbon ~GA~~ types whíc~ ~r~ baserf on ~heraw materïals bí~uminous cc~! or ce+conut Shell. 1Alithin TAPES, newadsorb~nts fis. ~ig~~e i~ ~riil be eva~uated especiaily far the rernou~al of

a potar tr~ce ~rganic r„~rnpaunds, ~+h~~~ are- Lígnike baserf GAC materïals ~which are not use~d for drinking watertre~tment art faro

- Coconut sheli baserf GAC materials with a hi~het aetivatian rate- Rolymer ~iased adsorbents

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The I~gnite and new coconut Shell baserf activated carb~n~ arecharacteriz~d by higher mesr,pore aard macrfl~~re volumes eomparedto the canventlonal GAC types. Due to the spec~flc int~ract~on of surf~cefunctïonal grQups with the ES polymer bas~ci adsorbent~ and especi~lly4'.:

~. ~ ion exchange resirts are supposed to show higher eliminatïon ratel.

~~~The adsafpfii~n #~ehav~orc~f~ranularads~rben~s con b~~vaivated by column

~ ~ tests, ~uhich take ínt~ a~cvun~ bath ~dsor~~c~n ~quilibrïc~m and adsc~t-ptic~nkinetica. dor thé comparativ+e assesSm~n~ of d~ff~rent a~sorb~n~s v+ti#~in atime period oF several days the ~ranular Caban Selec~ían Test (~~ST~ isappliet~ ~s gure 2). The test pr~~edurt takes inïo account partiele size,

~....,,_~ nawo weter charac~er~~tícs and er~v~r~nment~l ~S concentratïons in the..,~,~~p range ~f sever~l ~tundred~ of r~gJ~. V~ti~in the project, ~he pre~select~on

of prc~mising adsat#~~nts wifE be baserf ~~ ~he t5esults fram the GAST.

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Cvnclusions for fuU-saaie treatment plants, inciudln~ iife cycle assess~ment and cosi ~c4nsid~raiion~, are deri~red from pïiat-scala expèrírnentsfis. gure 3~, which are operatez! wi~h the pre-selec~ed granolarad~or~ients.

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Besides granularad~orbents powdered ac~íva~ed carbon tPAC~ applicatipnmight be a promising aiternative for ES r~mc~val, Major a~laarrtage~ arp~he poss~bility far adjusting the carbon t~osage and tere availability afa langer number af different caw rnaterials ~campare~l tc~ ~A►~C. Besid~sthé bitumino~as cool, coconut shelis and lign~te baserf PAC types, vuoodar~d ~lants ser~~ as ra~rv rrta~eriais for PAC prt~~ct~on. ~~tithir~ thé TAPESproject, a ~orreiakion beween DAC fiype draw matertalj ani ES remo~alwik! be esiabiíshed baserf on nasulfa of tab~s~~le experímen~s. ApplyingPAC €n vsr~ter ~reatmen~, the separatic~n ~f ~Che ~owder~d carbon hes toGe taken info account as it rnay affe~fi the overall perFarrnance of thePAS pr~eess. Different ~eparation techniqu~s w11i be Investigated andct~mpared to P'AC ~ha~acteristï~s as e.g. partïcie site and raw materi~l.

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cornpanies c~r at3~~r waker user~ tc~ opi~~nt~e s~rface waCer intake.

For thès ~urpos~ twQ ~aols E~-Qptiwfn and ES-Leach, pre pres~n~ed.

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~~~lu~~~ waker ~u~~i~y data an~í ~o ~p-~ïm~~e weter ~~r~k~ a~ fu~ctio~+ taf

iac~ïían ~in~ak~ poin~~, voium~ and ~~me ~period~, ES-L~ar~ ~emergingsubstances isachi~tg t+a ~r~undwate~~ ~llorits ~c~ calculate ~~~ent~-ations

o~ substances present ïn ti~e ground~~rat~r as a resu~t Erom le~~~lr~g c~~t~

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The pr-es+~r~e ~f et~aerg~ng substances ïn svrfa~ce- an~t ~r~v~sndwater can

harrtp~r thé pr~duc~ïvn ~~ good quality drinking ~r~ter. ~~re ~S-Q~TIVIIIN

tot~~ supports irr s~i~cting the rr~t►si appr~prist~ w~~~r i~ k~ teint.

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ES-C7~~TI1tVIt~ i~ ~ie~re~~pt~~ ~~ ~ I~iCr'DS~f~ cxC~í Lo~1. Thee main ir~pr~~s of

the toa~ are mcrnthl~ ~+va~~r quality t~m~ series c~f em~rc~~ng substar~c~s

me~sUre~ at the dïi~er~nt i~acaiions, For ea~h Qf the sel~ct~d su~sta racesa vuat~r ~x~at~n~nt attd i~t~l~~ cast hos t~ be pr~vïa~~d. Atsa th+~ requir~dwaker intake and the 3n+ater ~vaii~bi~ii~y at Bach ir~tak~ hos tja be gïvena

by the user.

~a~ed +arp ~he h~~tor~c~i weter qua~ïty measurem~nts end tf~a~mer~t ant!iniake eo~ks ~o~ the ~iïff~rent intake point, E~-t?i~1~f~N c~lca~la~es théopiirt~2~[ 'sn~C~l~~ erf water. ~he v~timizatian airrts at minimi~ing fihe toto[

+colt taf ~he water pro~i~actio~.

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~r~í~,ions ïndi~atrng psriods ►~a~itl~ dood Qr bc~d wAter quafity. 7he r~quir~d waterintake, ma~cimum po~srbl~ volume ~f water intake, colt vf the water rnta~re,

~~ t~reatn7~t post' foor ea~h emergfng sr~bs~ance and ,~aonfh of t~h~ int~~~ Move ~n

~~_,~ tz~ ~n~ert~d. Tine teat wili calcxrfaf~e th+~ ~r.~ft~me af w~t~er ~o be ~ake~ frorn ea~h -~g.,,~+.,.~,.

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ES-LEACN ïs ~ taai tt~at calcutates t#te eoncentrafiïon in groundwater re~ulting. . ,~

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App►roac~Es-LACH eaicu3~t~ ~concentra~tir~ns in gr4unctwat~~- ay us ng an~tyti~l soluéïorr~

oF thé COE (convecti~n-~d~s~~rs~or~ equai~~r~~.

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?'h~ u~s~r ;s ~~~uïr~d tri giv~ haf# 1~F~ tirne, sorpki~n ~effï~en~ end ~{~#~lica~ir~n

àase ofthe ~S. 4p~i~naN~+, ~i~o inf~nrv~afi~n on s~~l and groundwa~~e~-~~r► be ~iv~if avaïtabie. ES-l.EA~H then ca~culates con~ntr~[ion ira groundwat~r ba~eà on

ttaes~ subst~nc~ and s~~e proporties.

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~~n~1u~~~nES-I.EÁCH cakuates concentration in groundwa~er f~+am leaching usirtg sirn~le,

fase end rcrbust technlquesa It cpn ~rv~~e ~s a ssr~en~ng íc~o! in water irrtake

managerr~ent strategY, íden~ifjrns~ sites r~rrith a pt~t~n~al risk in i~tal~e are~s.

E~-+DR'T~VIt~N ailows to a~tímize the ïntake o~ raw water by ireinimizing the

,. intafce af harmful su~i~tances ~e9- Pest~eid~s, m~dicïnes, et~.~, The c~i~ul~tions tra

thé ES-Ol~1~It~N to41 arp bas~ci ~n f~istarïcal measurernent~ ot these substand.

By aAtimízïn~ fihe intake af raw r~~ter ~khe wa~~r treatmertt cvst con be reduc~d

and the quality of tl~e ~rc~~uee~ dr~nlc'rng water cpn be tm~rowed.

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1Jilhen producïng drinking water, natura) organic matter (NOM) is a direct

~roblem. N06~ is responsibl~ for problems with co6or, snleil and taste.

~c~directiy, 9V~M reacts with disinfectant products, to form disinfection

by-products (e.g. TFiM) end NO~I influences the biologieai stability of

the produced water. Therefor~ NOM hes to be r~moved.

Dit~erent techniques are avail~bóe and operational gor the removal of

IVnI~ at WPCs. Cc~nventïonal techniques are a.o. coagulation, oxidation

end a~dsorption, A promising technique is anion-IEX (leas sludge

production 8~ chemicals}. Oniy question remaining is: "lNhat to do with

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spe~ï~9 6VF membr~n~s tt~ cor~centr~te organics ~~td to ~e~sh the

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concentr~kes i~ arder to washout sal~~. Alsa the Synder NFG at love

iMiP vetas ~sed for diafiltration. Results indi~ate ~ha~ a smal) ~raction af

the NC~M is alsa wa5~ed a►u~ ~urïng this proces, ïnhibitïng reuse af thisava~h waterr ~I~ve~th~~~~s6 ~ love-salt ~ontaïnïr~g NCD~ fract6~n could be

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Futu r~ workDue to iVOM-leaking at diafiltration, up-concentrating experiments of

this fraction have na sense at this time. 1Ne veil) look for other techniques

(e.g. ED on the NF-concentrate) which may tackle thís prablem, Fínally

a basic-economieel evaluation of the fine) concept Weeds to be made.

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Transnational Adion Program on Emerg~ng 5ubstance~

INTERREL IV8

R+~ma~val ~f r~utrienfis and micro poiluta~ts of thé~-~TE~° inter ~i11llTP Horste~me~rfiManou B~chger'i Waternet. Amsterdam. ema~: marwn.bcchgerPwatemetn

ntroduc~ionDutc~r Author~t~es respansíble for Barface waker qua~~ty have increasinga~ten~ion dor irnprovíng effluent qual~ty drom w~stewatertreatment plaats~lA~t~VTP). Thís is a r~s~u~t of ïhe implementation Qf tl~e Eurcap~an V!i'a~rFramev~rork ~?ir~~tive ~WFD} in 2~t~d.

For ihe 11~/JWTF H~Drst~rrrteer~ this new 1~w results in rr~car~ stringentdischarge lim~ts far total ni~ttagen (Ti+i~, ~ aug/!, and total pá~osph~ru~(TP), 4,3 mg,~! from iih af 3~nua~ 2{li~ ~bofih ~ea~- average). in f~~ureit is ~ss~b#e that these wiil kie Ii~its f~r mrcra pall~tants.

~-STEAK fi~t+~~rTa reach these límits an effl~en~ polishint i~chniqu~ is needed. inthis ~~se an 1-ST'EP~ fitter or~~ st~~ tot~i effluent p~lishing. TMe ~i~ter,discantinuo~s, is fi{i~ci witti gra~,ular activated ~ar~b~n. It r~m~aes ni~raielay denitrificatlon; pht~sphorus by ~agut~ti~r~, flocc~ulation and filtn~ion;suspencted s~1~ds by fil~ra~ian; and witti god a~por~unit~es f4r theremaval of n~icr~ poliutanis by ac~ivai~d +~arb~n as~sorptïon. The filter isdesIgn+~ ta trest the ~iry witter flow and to redt~ce total nitrogen to ~ ~ .mgjl and tofi.~i phosphorus to 0,~~ rngjt in arri~r ta reach the r~e~r I[rn~tsfor ~he e~ueht of fih~ tvtaï 1~~lVTP. Thé filter is buiifi ïn 2a1~. and ~tar~et#op~rat~Qn ïn Au~t~st 2fl12.

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Results removal of micro p~~llut~antsThe removal of micro pollutants ss measur~Cl fr4m fihe stártgup a~ thefilter (lufy 2012), in order ta incl~de measurem~nts witti fresh actirrated

carbon. ~3nl~r micro ~ailutants tn the g~~oup vf me~d~cines veere o~~r~

de~ec~d, above reportin+g lir~its, ~~ well in SST and ïn f~ftrate. t7thermicro p~ollutants as pestïcid~s ar~~i horrnones veere rarely detected abovereparting limi~s. ~à bire ~grou~ o~ rnedicines wv~s rern+aved by 3D ~Q 90a10at the start ~~,í3DD bed valum~s~. After approximately 15,a0fl - 20,~QDtr~ated bed vafu~es (rur►time ~f 4.5 - fi monkhs~ the r~emovaE for mostimedi~ine~ is reducecf to fl%.

in the influent af khe filter, overflfl~v s~ond~ry sedimentation dank (SST),whicl~ ïs reg~aiated by ar~lin~ measUr~me~fi of N~?x-N, ~?2 and fltaw, dorremoval af phosph+~rus a eoagulant is needed and dosed in the SST. The

~ dasage is regulat~d by online naeasurement c~f PUS-R, NCf~-N and f~vw.

The 1-STEPS f~iter achiev~s ~ gooti rem~v~1 ~f N4x-N. Thé aasrage in~' ,;the filtr~at~ is 0.5fl mg/I, a r~rx~oval of 9Q°~6. Fc~r TP ~he aver~ge in ~kh~

~~~ fil i otrat~: s .1~ rug P/1.

~`his resul~ in an avera4e in effluent c~f the tataf WWTP for TN of 3.8rngJ! and TP af (i.37 mg/{. The ~es~r~d ~f~luent ~T~ cancentratian af U.3m~/) is nt~t reached. Thé reason ;s the st~li vnstabie TP in SST #~~cause

._,,,~ of thé renoua~'san of the WWTR wh~ch wïl! end in 1un~ X014, and the~~ incomplete rer~toval of suspen~e~i salids (TS~~, 3 - 10 rr~gJi fn filtrate,.. _.~~~

remous! af 4810.

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~,~r~oval c~ f em~rgir~t~ su~s~~nce~ ~E~/l~~ ira a pïl~t D~ssolv~d A~r~~'Fic~ta~ro~ (D~~) remtor trea~ir~g in~lu~nt o~ the ~a~t~e watertr~~trrientp~ant EindhovenTony FlameFing' ~ .,i Waterschap r~ [ armmei, The Netheflands, email: tFEameting@dorrnnal.nl

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Waterboard pasnmel ~articipates ïr~ the Transnati~na~ A~tlan Pr~gr~m

on ~rner~~ng ~ubstan~es (TAPES;} prQ~~~t. tlne af ~he ~rork p~~cl~ages

of the ~AP~S pr+~je~~ f~~us~e~ an thé re~rac~v~r! of Emerg~~~ S~sbs~a~►ces{EA~t~) fram urban ~►astewat+er ïNat~~~c~ard à~~mme! has ínvesti~atedthe ~yapli~,~tior~ ~~~ pïs~olv~:d Air Flotat~c~n ~i~#~~) ~~ci~n~log~ a~ prime

~reairnent ~f urb~n ~ras~~ w~t~r. Thé D~tF t~hnol~gy ~rvas cc:mp~~~r~

to c€~nven~P~at pr3mar~r seclim~nCat[~n, ~h~ ~r~at ad~rantage of aA~

is tF►at this t~chn~~c~g~r is m+or~ í-abust fr~r i~ydraulfc peaks end highcancentr~tians, rem~v mare su~per~deá ~aalids and ups l~s~ ~pa~~e

than ~~nvent~o~~f tr~atmen~. The di~dvar~ta~~ ï~ i~e u~es of ch~mïts

and higher enert~y ~~~s~r~p~ior~. Tlae D►AF ~echn~lt~~y gras tcsfed in201~J~Oi3 at ~#~e W~tTP Eïndhc~~ren ~see pïciur~: 3) ~+ith a pit4t ~se~

pic~re~ ~j, ï'#~e X41 ~ E~~tdhov~~ discharges infix ~he~sm~bi and eco~aglca~i

s~nsi~ïv,~ r~~~r Ds~mrraet (s++~e piekure 3~. ~~ ~es~ was p~~rt a~~ the ~T't7Vi~A►s~ud~r "DAF ~~ ~r~a~rn~nt €~~ ïnflu~nt ~f ~tV+~TPrS" ~D~ss~ived air fi~~~~ic~n

DAF} a(~ voo~-b~handei~nc~ vin c~mmur~~a! ,aívaiv~~te~; STU~+V~i Report

2014-03, availab(e as ~ dov~nload ~Frrcarr~ www.stowa.r~l, report ïn ~u~ch

v~ïth Eng1i~~ summary, ISSN 97~.9~1.5~73.f~S.~].

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o~ EMS: .: k .-_~:: ,~

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,~. ~~~ ~?ÀF ~+~~~i' ÍS SQCI~lt'~btTt~S ~J~~2t"f ~~Df'fl~~ltTl~?~S WOi~ ~l.l~ CtiQ;S~

~f the time noot any €iï~fe~ent Én rerr~ovai of El~~ than ccrnventic~nal

_ p~mary s~~~me~~at~~n

1. (laf Dif~erences gaf r~mavai can soFnetir~e~ be explained cpn basis of

cM~m~~at ani physíc~i ~~~ects rif thé ~ompvn~n~. Bas~ed an m~ieriai

~.-w.,: ~ro~ertf~s ~aett~r remr~~ra1 was ~x~~eted af ~rfr~as~r~, n+vn~l~hertvl~

vctyi~ah~n~1, i~ormc~nes ~ethir~ylestradïot, ~st~di~al ~n~i ~strtrn~} and

PFC~S. ~Df these sub~tar~ces are on4y trïctasar~ ~rcd es~rone detecied

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above the detection limit. Triclvsan is inde~i b~tt~r ~em~~red in the

a~F. For estrone, there is no obvious dïffier~nce.

~. ihe remc~~ai in thé pre-treatr~er~t (DAS +ar PSB iS m~~niy base~í

c~~t ~dst~r~ti~r~ ~a suspend~d ~~t~ds end s~tl~r~nentafii~n, there is no

biodegrad~a~s~►s~ invQl~e~6. M{rs~ of tee ~~A~ ïs rer~~rr~ed in t#~~ ~ioiogY~~+ct1~e-~fudg~~ of tt~e WWt'P. 7he Et~~ a~sc~rbs t~o the sludge and' is

~io+degraded +~r s~i~ay~ ïn the s(udg~ and i~ removed wïth th+~ su~ptus

sl~dge, A minon~y o~ thé Etw1S is cofnpletei~r dissc~l~ed and inert an i

~a~n+s ltnchanged ihr~uc~h the ~N~~ï'P (see allo Apper~lix ~ for mirre

det~i í~ o

. Fy~fure ,~. b~t~il~ir~~ ,up c?f ~h~ ptJOt ,{?Ir~r~~ (Sta t~t.3Íhr I~A~)

C~n~lusions reia~~~d to the r~ern4vaï of EMS at ~h~ V~t~tl'P bindhoven and

c~nnecfied s~rfiac+~ ~rr~ater:

~. The eff~~a~nt ~uaiity ~vmpared tri the Sw~~s and Du%h stan~iards

ar ler~al ~fflu~nt re~quïr~+mer~~ indicat+es ~~at f~~ mast meast~red

substances the Off~~ent va~~e~ t~o nflt ex~eed thé s~nd~r~ls fc~r-~i~l

surfiace water. Thé ,~nt~bit~tics ~zithr~rn~r~in end ~1~rithromy~i~ m~y

causa acute and / crr chr~n~c efi`'e~ts in ~h~ river Domme# as the

dilutior~ by thé river Dommel is lir~it+ed. l~~s :s al~Q thé tape for ihe

paink~lier di~tofen~c and fQr ER Ca1ux.

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